Pweka Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Solomon Islands
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Pweka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pweka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Solomon Islands221:26,3655,164
Guam11:160,1214,893
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Pweka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pweka is more commonly found in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pweka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pweka is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Pweka reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania.

This surname is most common in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 26,365. In The Solomon Islands Pweka is most frequent in: Temotu Province, where 95 percent are found and Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The Solomon Islands Pweka occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Guam, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phweka91105/
Mpweka9114/
Pwecka911/
Mphweka834/
Pwaka80240/
Pwoka8082/
Bweka8054/
Pueka804/
Pweke802/
Pweko801/
Pwakah738/
Mpwika732/
Bweaka731/
Phwika731/
Pwekey730/
Pueska730/
Puekait674/
Pweikeh671/

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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 Pweka
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