Puwei Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Puwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Puwei (82) may also be a first name.
Puwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puwei has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puwei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Puwei are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Puwei is also the 1,060,447th most common first name world-wide, borne by 82 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 80 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent live and Delta, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouwei | 91 | 19 | / |
| Pauwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Puwe | 89 | 335 | / |
| Puwi | 89 | 123 | / |
| Pauweis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pouwe | 80 | 604 | / |
| Powei | 80 | 320 | / |
| Puwai | 80 | 198 | / |
| Pauwe | 80 | 40 | / |
| Puwee | 80 | 28 | / |
| Peuwe | 80 | 24 | / |
| Pfuwe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Puewe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Piwei | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pouwi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Puevi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Phuwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Puweh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pauwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Puwih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puwer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puvei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfuwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puywe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puuwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peuwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pouwer | 73 | 287 | / |
| Pfuwai | 73 | 209 | / |
| Phuwai | 73 | 51 | / |
| Pouvei | 73 | 28 | / |
| Pouweï | 73 | 17 | / |
| Puwayi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Puwaai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Puveia | 73 | 3 | / |
| Puwaye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puwitt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puwawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puwich | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phauwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouwie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peuwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poubei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauwae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pauwee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Powe | 67 | 7,843 | / |
| Puwa | 67 | 531 | / |
| Powi | 67 | 365 | / |
| Pubi | 67 | 120 | / |
| Puve | 67 | 120 | / |
| Piwi | 67 | 99 | / |
| Puvi | 67 | 70 | / |
| Piwe | 67 | 57 | / |
| Pouwawe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Pfuwayi | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pube | 67 | 28 | / |
| Pouveia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phushwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Püwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauwawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauveis | 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
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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 Puwei
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