Poerwo Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Poerwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poerwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia331:4,007,551204,828
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Poerwo (159) may also be a first name.

Poerwo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poerwo is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poerwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Poerwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poerwo is the 3,274,477th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Poerwo live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Poerwo is also the 727,628th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 159 people.

The surname Poerwo is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 4,007,551. In Indonesia Poerwo is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 64 percent live, Central Java, where 21 percent live and South Kalimantan, where 3 percent live. Besides Indonesia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perwo9125/
Porwo9118/
Poerwa83166/
Perwoj831/
Purwo73787/
Porwa7329/
Perwa7323/
Pervo7323/
Peruo7312/
Parwo739/
Pourwoth711/
Pervoy67194/
Phurwo67167/
Pervoi67125/
Purwos6711/
Pharwo679/
Peerwa679/
Porvoo678/
Porruo675/
Pervoj674/
Parwho672/
Peruoy671/
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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 Poerwo
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