Puwata Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Puwata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puwata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1021:382,73824,349
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Puwata Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puwata is most common in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Puwata? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,817,111th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Puwata occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Puwata are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Puwata is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 382,738. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 56 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 19 percent are found and Budaka District, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puwatah923/
Peuwata921/
Puswata921/
Phuwatta861/
Powata832/
Puweta831/
Puvata831/
Puwati831/
Phubata77298/
Pauwati771/
Puwathi771/
Pusvata771/
Phubatha714/
Puwathit711/
Phuwatit711/
Piwahata711/
Phuwathit6778/
Powate6719/
Puvati6712/
Pivata672/
Poowathai671/
Pubate671/
Powato671/
Puveta671/

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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 Puwata
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