Puwani Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Puwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 351 | 1:154,352 | 17,426 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Puwani (80) may also be a first name.
Puwani Demographics
Average Puwani Salary in
South Africa
R 167,292
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Puwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puwani (Marathi: पुनवानी) is most common in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puwani? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 786,896th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Puwani live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 80 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 154,352. In South Africa Puwani is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Puwani Last Name Statistics demography
Puwani earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.6% less than the national average, earning R 167,292 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuwani | 92 | 54 | / |
| Pujwani | 92 | 2 | / |
| Puwanai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Phuwanai | 86 | 261 | / |
| Puwanich | 86 | 6 | / |
| Puwana | 83 | 198 | / |
| Puwane | 83 | 133 | / |
| Puvani | 83 | 48 | / |
| Puwoni | 83 | 2 | / |
| Phuwanich | 80 | 12 | / |
| Phuwana | 77 | 134 | / |
| Pusvani | 77 | 29 | / |
| Pauvani | 77 | 7 | / |
| Puwanna | 77 | 5 | / |
| Phuwane | 77 | 5 | / |
| Puvanai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pouwana | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pfubani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puvanit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poubani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phuwasenni | 75 | 399 | / |
| Phuwanna | 71 | 58 | / |
| Pfuvanai | 71 | 15 | / |
| Puvanich | 71 | 6 | / |
| Poowanai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phuhwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pushvani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Powane | 67 | 535 | / |
| Puvana | 67 | 51 | / |
| Powana | 67 | 41 | / |
| Puwona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuvanish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuvaniht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoowanai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puvoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puvane | 67 | 1 | / |
Puwani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puwani in the Marathi language | ||
| पुनवानी | punavani | 75 |
| पुवानी | puvani | 25 |
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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 Puwani
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