Pueh Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pueh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pueh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Pueh (103) may also be a first name.

Pueh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pueh Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pueh has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pueh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Pueh are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Pueh is also the 930,172nd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 103 people.

Pueh is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Pueh is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 82 percent live, Southwest Region, where 12 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phueh891/
Pue861,634/
Phue75149/
Puuh751/
Phieh672/
Pie575,595/
Puu57860/
Püh571/
Phie50364/
Püth5082/
Pühs5073/
Phuu5053/
Pfuu502/
Hpuu501/
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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 Pueh
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