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
Puei has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Puei is mostly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Puei are found; 55 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 55 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Puei is also the 836,439th most numerous first name internationally, held by 124 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Puei is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 67 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 33 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Puei occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.
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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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