Pwani Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Pwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 187 | 1:4,101,954 | 110,376 |
| Tanzania | 127 | 1:416,863 | 29,360 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pwani (705) may also be a first name.
Pwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pwani is found most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pwani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pwani is the 849,693rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. Pwani occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Pwani are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 311,169th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 705 people.
The surname Pwani is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 4,101,954. In India Pwani is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 78 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 22 percent are found. Not including India it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pwangi | 91 | 10 | / |
| Pwanis | 91 | 6 | / |
| Pwgani | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pwanni | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mpwanyi | 83 | 57 | / |
| Bwani | 80 | 143 | / |
| Puani | 80 | 65 | / |
| Pwana | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pvani | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pwane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pwany | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pwanne | 73 | 202 | / |
| Bwanyi | 73 | 24 | / |
| Puhani | 73 | 16 | / |
| Puangi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pwanna | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pwaney | 73 | 6 | / |
| Bwanai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pwaina | 73 | 2 | / |
| Npwane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpuani | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwgani | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwhani | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwanii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puaini | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwayne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puannoi | 67 | 230 | / |
| Mpuanyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bwangni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puangoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwangai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwahani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puhanni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puhanai | 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 Pwani
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