Puwu Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Puwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Puwu (588) may also be a first name.
Puwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puwu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Puwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Puwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Puwu reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Puwu is also the 345,036th most common first name on earth, borne by 588 people.
The surname Puwu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 85 percent reside and Borno, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 7 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puwut | 89 | 4 | / |
| Pouwou | 80 | 27 | / |
| Phuswu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Phuwut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pouweu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Piwu | 75 | 128 | / |
| Pubu | 75 | 57 | / |
| Powu | 75 | 55 | / |
| Puvu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Phuwuth | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pubau | 67 | 33 | / |
| Phubu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Paubu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pubhu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puvau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peubu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piwwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puivui | 60 | 7 | / |
| Puvuth | 60 | 4 | / |
| Poubou | 60 | 4 | / |
| Pouvuh | 60 | 1 | / |
| Phubuh | 60 | 1 | / |
| Paubou | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pouwoe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Puiwoo | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pushvu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pouwooe | 55 | 5 | / |
| Phouvus | 55 | 1 | / |
| Bpoubou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Pivu | 50 | 76 | / |
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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 Puwu
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