Puhvel Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Puhvel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
The alternate forms: Pühvel (1) are calculated separately.
Puhvel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puhvel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puhvel is most common in The United States. It may also appear as: Pühvel. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puhvel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Puhvel reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 80 percent are found and Oregon, where 20 percent are found. Excluding The United States Puhvel exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pühvel | 94 | 1 | / |
| Puvel | 91 | 49 | / |
| Pauvel | 83 | 19 | / |
| Peuvel | 83 | 13 | / |
| Pouvel | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pauvele | 77 | 28 | / |
| Pouvell | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pivel | 73 | 64 | / |
| Puvil | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pouvesle | 71 | 229 | / |
| Pouvelle | 71 | 18 | / |
| Puvill | 67 | 67 | / |
| Pauvil | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pouvil | 67 | 31 | / |
| Puevil | 67 | 8 | / |
| Puwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pievel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pivell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pauvill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Pouville | 57 | 22 | / |
| Puchuile | 57 | 3 | / |
| Phumphil | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pauvlova | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pivil | 55 | 2 | / |
| Pouvaille | 53 | 1 | / |
| Poovil | 50 | 28 | / |
| Pievil | 50 | 1 | / |
| Poweil | 50 | 1 | / |
| Poweal | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Puhvel
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