Pweh Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pweh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pweh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pweh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pweh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pweh is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pweh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Pweh reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Pweh is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Pweh is most common in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent live and Northwest Region, where 33 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpweh891/
Pwe86184/
Pwee75223/
Bweh7593/
Pwea7554/
Npwe7510/
Pwie754/
Pwei753/
Pwey752/
Pwha752/
Vpwe751/
Hpwe751/
Pweu751/
Pwhj751/
Pfwe751/
Puech676,759/
Mpwej6734/
Npueh6725/
Pwe'a679/
Mpueh676/
Bwesh674/
Puehs673/
Puesh672/
Poueh672/
Vwehh671/
Npwih671/
Vweyh671/
Mpwey671/
Pwedt671/

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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 Pweh
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