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
The last name Pouwe has its highest incidence in Togo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pouwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 534,162nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held 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. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
The last name Pouwe is most numerous in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Aside from Togo Pouwe is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 1 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 Pouwe
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