Powing Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Powing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Powing (22) may also be a first name.
Powing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Powing occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Powing.
How Common Is The Last Name Powing? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Powing live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Powing is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
The last name Powing is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Morobe, where 67 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poywing | 92 | 3 | / |
| Phowing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Powging | 92 | 1 | / |
| Powings | 92 | 0 | / |
| Phoweing | 86 | 4 | / |
| Poowieng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Phowaing | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pawing | 83 | 75 | / |
| Pewing | 83 | 15 | / |
| Puwing | 83 | 13 | / |
| Poweng | 83 | 4 | / |
| Poweang | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pohweng | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pawoing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pawieng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pewingh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phobing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pawng | 73 | 11 | / |
| Phuwieng | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pooweang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phoweang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phawaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pabing | 67 | 143 | / |
| Paweng | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pobeng | 67 | 39 | / |
| Peweng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaweng | 62 | 12 | / |
| Pusuing | 62 | 4 | / |
| Paweang | 62 | 3 | / |
| Pawaeng | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pohbeng | 62 | 1 | / |
| Puobeng | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pasuing | 62 | 1 | / |
| Poosueng | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pavng | 55 | 1 | / |
| Pawnq | 55 | 1 | / |
| Phothueng | 53 | 8 | / |
| Photthueng | 50 | 75 | / |
| Pabeng | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pobenk | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Powing
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