Poweng Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Poweng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Poweng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poweng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poweng is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poweng.
How Common Is The Last Name Poweng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Poweng occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Poweng are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Poweng is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 33 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 33 percent live and Western, where 33 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 25 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
- 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 Poweng
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