Pouwa Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Pouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Pouwa (29) may also be a first name.
Pouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pouwa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pouwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Pouwa is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Pouwa reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Pouwa is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 81 percent are found, West Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Pouwa
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