Pwakim Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Pwakim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Pwakim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwakim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pwakim has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pwakim click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwakim? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Pwakim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pwakim reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Pwakim is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 95 percent are found and Sokoto, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pwakim
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