Pogwa Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Pogwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 455 | 1:116,355 | 11,135 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pogwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pogwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pogwa is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pogwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 659,458th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. Pogwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pogwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Pogwa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 116,355. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 76 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phogwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pongwai | 83 | 14 | / |
| Phongwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pogba | 80 | 443 | / |
| Pokwa | 80 | 118 | / |
| Pegwa | 80 | 60 | / |
| Pugwa | 80 | 30 | / |
| Pogwi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Pocwa | 80 | 24 | / |
| Pagwa | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pogua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pogwe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phongwai | 77 | 12 | / |
| Pokwas | 73 | 141 | / |
| Phagwa | 73 | 60 | / |
| Pokwap | 73 | 54 | / |
| Pongua | 73 | 24 | / |
| Podkwa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ponkwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pougba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paggwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pokwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pougwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pougwé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phegwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pagwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pogwist | 67 | 113 | / |
| Puongwe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Phagwah | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pogwish | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pongwej | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phekgwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poungwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phonkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pokwaas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phokwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pookwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pocguat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pongkwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pogwa
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