Pwaka Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Pwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 154 | 1:100,248 | 14,111 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pwaka is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pwaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Pwaka is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Pwaka are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Pwaka is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 100,248. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 71 percent are found, Harare Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pwakah | 91 | 8 | / |
| Mpwaka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bwaka | 80 | 494 | / |
| Puaka | 80 | 144 | / |
| Pwoka | 80 | 82 | / |
| Pwaki | 80 | 34 | / |
| Pweka | 80 | 24 | / |
| Pwako | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bwakea | 73 | 207 | / |
| Pwaako | 73 | 42 | / |
| Puakea | 73 | 24 | / |
| Bwaika | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pfuaka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puakaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puakai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puakah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puakas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweaka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwecka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puakap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puhakka | 67 | 3,187 | / |
| Bwakaya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Puakait | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pwaskop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwaikai | 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 Pwaka
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