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

Puwai occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puwai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,194,481st most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 commonly held first name internationally, held by 109 people.

It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 100,904. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 52 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 39 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

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Pubai8011/
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Pfuwa802/
Puewa801/
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Pahuwa732,171/
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Puwich731/
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Piwayi731/
Puywad731/
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Pauwae731/
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Piwa67815/
Powi67365/
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Pubi67120/
Piwi6799/
Puvi6770/
Pouvait6751/
Pouwawe6734/
Ppubhai679/
Puywaha675/
Pauwaja673/
Phuwayo672/
Pushwaz671/
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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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