Puwai Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Puwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1531:100,90414,195
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puwai (109) may also be a first name.

Puwai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puwai is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Puwai.

How Common Is The Last Name Puwai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,194,481st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Puwai are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Puwai is also the 900,062nd most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 109 people.

The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 100,904. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 52 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 39 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Puwayi9111/
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Puwi89123/
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Powai80106/
Puwei8072/
Piwai8050/
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Phuwa8026/
Pubai8011/
Pouwi805/
Pauwi803/
Peuwa802/
Puwah802/
Puiwa802/
Pfuwa802/
Puewa801/
Pfuwi801/
Puway801/
Peuwi801/
Puuwa801/
Puwih801/
Puwoa801/
Pahuwa732,171/
Phubai73519/
Pubhai73312/
Pauwah73269/
Poubai7332/
Pfuvai7323/
Pauwaa7319/
Pouwei7319/
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Pouway7314/
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Puwayo737/
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Puwitt732/
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Puwaya731/
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Puwatt731/
Peuwua731/
Peuwea731/
Puwich731/
Pauhwa731/
Puiwah731/
Puwawe731/
Piwayi731/
Puywad731/
Pauwat731/
Pauwae731/
Pauwei731/
Piwa67815/
Powi67365/
Puwe67335/
Puva67172/
Puba67153/
Pubi67120/
Piwi6799/
Puvi6770/
Pouvait6751/
Pouwawe6734/
Ppubhai679/
Puywaha675/
Pauwaja673/
Phuwayo672/
Pushwaz671/
Pauweis671/
Poubaji671/
Pusvayi671/
Püwi671/
Pouwath671/
Phuvayi671/
Pauwawe671/
Póua671/

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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 Puwai
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