Pouwe Surname
Approximately 604 people bear this surname
Pouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 1:276,839 | 34,217 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pouwe (14) may also be a first name.
Pouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pouwe is found most in Togo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pouwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pouwe is the 534,162nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,065,473 people. The surname Pouwe is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Pouwe reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pouwe is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 14 people.
Pouwe is most commonly used in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Not including Togo this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pouwe
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