Piwoh Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Piwoh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piwoh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Piwoh (11) may also be a first name.

Piwoh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piwoh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Piwoh has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piwoh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Piwoh is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Piwoh is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Piwoh live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Piwoh is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piewoh912/
Piwo89168/
Poiwo8059/
Paiwo8053/
Peiwo8020/
Piewo8017/
Piwoz807/
Phiwo805/
Pewoh802/
Piwot801/
Puwoh801/
Piwou801/
Piwah801/
Piboh801/
Piwos801/
Pivosh73101/
Piwauh731/
Piwath731/
Puiwoo731/
Puiwah731/
Piwa67815/
Pivo67594/
Pibo67199/
Pewo67170/
Puwo6772/
Pichwah671/
Pywo671/
Phiewou671/
Paiwaha671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piwoh
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