Puwani Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Puwani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puwani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3511:154,35217,426
India51:153,413,076951,030
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Puwani (80) may also be a first name.

Puwani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puwani (Marathi: पुनवानी) occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puwani? popularity and diffusion

Puwani is the 786,896th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Puwani are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Puwani is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 80 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 154,352. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Puwani exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phuwani9254/
Pujwani922/
Puwanai921/
Phuwanai86261/
Puwanich866/
Puwana83198/
Puwane83133/
Puvani8348/
Puwoni832/
Phuwanich8012/
Phuwana77134/
Pusvani7729/
Pauvani777/
Puwanna775/
Phuwane775/
Puvanai774/
Pouwana772/
Pfubani771/
Puvanit771/
Poubani771/
Phuwasenni75399/
Phuwanna7158/
Pfuvanai7115/
Puvanich716/
Poowanai712/
Phuhwane711/
Pushvani711/
Powane67535/
Puvana6751/
Powana6741/
Puwona671/
Phuvanish671/
Phuvaniht671/
Phoowanai671/
Puvoni671/
Puvane671/

Puwani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puwani in the Marathi language
पुनवानीpunavani75
पुवानीpuvani25

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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 Puwani
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