Plawe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Plawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Plawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plawe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plawe? popularity and diffusion
Plawe is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Plawe is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Plawe reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 93 percent reside and Adamawa, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Plawe
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