Polewa Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Polewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Polewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polewa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Polewa reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 46 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 45 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 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 Polewa
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