Poiwo Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poiwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poiwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Poiwo (14) may also be a first name.

Poiwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poiwo is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Poiwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Poiwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Poiwo is the 2,506,728th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Poiwo is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Poiwo reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Poiwo is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Poiwo is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea Poiwo is primarily found in: Northern, where 55 percent are found and Morobe, where 45 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Powo89810/
Piwo89168/
Poywo8082/
Paiwo8053/
Powoh8051/
Pouwo8020/
Peiwo8020/
Piewo8017/
Piwoh8013/
Poiwa8012/
Piwoz807/
Phiwo805/
Powou804/
Phowo804/
Pohwo804/
Piwos801/
Puowo801/
Powoi801/
Powoa801/
Piwot801/
Powoo801/
Piwou801/
Pouwou7327/
Pohwou7310/
Poiywa738/
Poisuo736/
Pohwoo734/
Piyawo733/
Piewoh732/
Phoowo731/
Pohwoh731/
Poyewo731/
Payowo731/
Puiwoo731/
Poyawo731/
Powa67885/
Piwa67815/
Pobo67528/
Pawo67266/
Povo67244/
Pewo67170/
Pouwooe675/
Phiewou671/
Powewoh671/
Poujowo671/
Pouyewo671/
Pywo671/

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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
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  • 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 Poiwo
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