Pungwayo Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pungwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pungwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1101:492,52540,325

Pungwayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pungwayo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pungwayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,746,159th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Pungwayo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pungwayo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 492,525. In South Africa Pungwayo is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 55 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 27 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent reside.

Pungwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Pungwayo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.93% less than the national average, earning R 90,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phungwayo942,708/
Phungwahyo891/
Pongwayo8816/
Pungwayi882/
Phongwayo8260/
Phunqwayo821/
Phungwaya821/
Phuugwayo821/
Phumgwayo821/
Pugbayo8055/
Pogwayo801/
Phukwayo751/
Pungbayu751/
Pungbaya751/
Phongwayi711/
Pongwai6714/
Pugboyo674/

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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 Pungwayo
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