Putow Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Putow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Putow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

The alternate forms: Pütow (6) are calculated separately.

Putow (40) may also be a first name.

Putow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Putow occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Pütow. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Putow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Putow live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 40 people.

This surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 67 percent are found and Paraná, where 33 percent are found. Barring Brazil it is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pütow936/
Puttow9160/
Pustow915/
Pautow913/
Peutow912/
Putov80397/
Putaw8013/
Pitow802/
Putob801/
Pautov734,326/
Putova73474/
Pustov73242/
Pottow73164/
Putoff7331/
Puttov7327/
Pittow7315/
Potowa738/
Puhtov735/
Puthof733/
Puytov732/
Phutaw731/
Poetow731/
Pietow730/
Puttaw730/
Pautova675,087/
Puthoff67919/
Pushtov6724/
Paustov6721/
Puttoff6720/
Puttoev6714/
Puhtova6712/
Poutova674/
Putthof671/
Poutouf671/
Pustovs671/
Puttova671/
Pautovs671/
Puthoft671/
Puytova671/
Pautoff671/
Putooff670/
Poettow670/

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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 Putow
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