Puei Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Puei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
Puei (124) may also be a first name.
Puei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puei is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Puei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Puei reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 836,439th most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 124 people.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Puei is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 67 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 33 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 27 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 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 Puei
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