Puwali Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Puwali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 49 | 1:581,244 | 4,701 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Puwali (803) may also be a first name.
Puwali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puwali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puwali is held by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puwali? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Puwali occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Puwali are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Puwali is also the 288,684th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 803 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nepal, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 581,244. In Nepal Puwali is mostly found in: Gandaki, where 53 percent reside, Seti, where 24 percent reside and Lumbini, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Nepal this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauwali | 92 | 4 | / |
| Pouwalio | 86 | 1 | / |
| Powali | 83 | 94 | / |
| Puwala | 83 | 70 | / |
| Puwaly | 83 | 6 | / |
| Puwale | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pubali | 83 | 2 | / |
| Powalie | 77 | 83 | / |
| Phiwali | 77 | 34 | / |
| Puwalla | 77 | 9 | / |
| Puvaliy | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pujwale | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pouwoli | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phubali | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pujwala | 77 | 3 | / |
| Puwaula | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puvalli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pauwala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pauwale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pouwouli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peuvalai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puvallai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Powale | 67 | 652 | / |
| Puvala | 67 | 189 | / |
| Powala | 67 | 181 | / |
| Piwale | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pivali | 67 | 9 | / |
| Puvale | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pphuwalee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwała | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puveli | 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 Puwali
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