Powo Surname
Approximately 810 people bear this surname
Powo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 645 | 1:6,835 | 809 |
| Cameroon | 144 | 1:144,230 | 16,009 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Powo (25) may also be a first name.
Powo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Powo occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Powo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 426,610th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,996,970 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Powo live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Powo is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 25 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 645 people, or 1 in 6,835. In Liberia Powo is mostly concentrated in: Sinoe County, where 44 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 34 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 13 percent are found. Other than Liberia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poywo | 89 | 82 | / |
| Poiwo | 89 | 59 | / |
| Powoh | 89 | 51 | / |
| Pouwo | 89 | 20 | / |
| Phowo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Pohwo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Powou | 89 | 4 | / |
| Poewo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Puowo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Powoi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Powoa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Powoo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pouwou | 80 | 27 | / |
| Pohwou | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pohwoo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pohwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phoowo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Powa | 75 | 885 | / |
| Pobo | 75 | 528 | / |
| Pawo | 75 | 266 | / |
| Povo | 75 | 244 | / |
| Pewo | 75 | 170 | / |
| Puwo | 75 | 72 | / |
| Pouwooe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Povoa | 67 | 3,189 | / |
| Povod | 67 | 1,041 | / |
| Pawoh | 67 | 144 | / |
| Pawoo | 67 | 132 | / |
| Pawou | 67 | 130 | / |
| Posvo | 67 | 106 | / |
| Peuwo | 67 | 74 | / |
| Phawo | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pauwo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Poubo | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pavoo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Pobou | 67 | 32 | / |
| Powat | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pouwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Phovo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Powah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Poowa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Povou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Phobo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Poboy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Poiwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pobho | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pooba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pawoi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pouvo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pawod | 67 | 5 | / |
| Povos | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poewa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poboj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pojwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phewo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pewoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Powad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Povot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Posuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poybo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poevo | 67 | 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 Powo
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