Pungwe Surname
Approximately 4,633 people bear this surname
Pungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,542 | 1:16,266 | 2,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Pungwe (660) may also be a first name.
Pungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pungwe is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Pungwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pungwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 101,863rd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,572,965 people. Pungwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pungwe live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Pungwe is also the 323,152nd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 660 people.
The last name Pungwe is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4,542 people, or 1 in 16,266. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poungwe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Phungwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pungwech | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pongwe | 83 | 458 | / |
| Pungwa | 83 | 194 | / |
| Pungue | 83 | 48 | / |
| Pungwi | 83 | 18 | / |
| Pumgwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poungue | 77 | 141 | / |
| Pfungwa | 77 | 32 | / |
| Punggue | 77 | 14 | / |
| Pongwej | 77 | 5 | / |
| Phongwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pongwie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pungwit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phungue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poungoue | 71 | 220 | / |
| Phoungbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pongwa | 67 | 1,858 | / |
| Pungua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Phongweha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phungwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pungui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Punque | 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 Pungwe
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