Puwo Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Puwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Puwo (13) may also be a first name.
Puwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puwo occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puwo is the 2,237,939th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Puwo reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 63 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 38 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Thailand, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peuwo | 89 | 74 | / |
| Pauwo | 89 | 47 | / |
| Pouwo | 89 | 20 | / |
| Puwop | 89 | 1 | / |
| Puwoh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Puwoa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Puewo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Puhwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pouwou | 80 | 27 | / |
| Puiwoo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Powo | 75 | 810 | / |
| Puwa | 75 | 531 | / |
| Piwo | 75 | 168 | / |
| Puvo | 75 | 17 | / |
| Pubo | 75 | 12 | / |
| Phuswuo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pouwooe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pauwa | 67 | 185 | / |
| Poubo | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pouwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Phuwa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Piewo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Piwoh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pusuo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pouvo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phiwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phowo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Powou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pfuwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peuwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pu'uo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puevo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powoo | 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 Puwo
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