Pukawa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Pukawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
Pukawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pukawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pukawa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Pukawa is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Pukawa reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Pukawa is most frequent in: Gulf, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkawas | 86 | 2 | / |
| Puckkawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pukkawat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pokawa | 83 | 45 | / |
| Pukawi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pukowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pukaeva | 77 | 34 | / |
| Piekawa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poukawo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Putkawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phukawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pikaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peukava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pukhaeva | 71 | 624 | / |
| Paukaeva | 71 | 19 | / |
| Pukkawet | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pickaway | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pukkavas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pukova | 67 | 218 | / |
| Phukkawet | 67 | 191 | / |
| Pukhovaya | 67 | 119 | / |
| Pokowa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pukhavaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pokawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukowo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pokawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phutkhawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pikowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukabe | 67 | 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
- 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 Pukawa
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