Pwela Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Pwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Pwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pwela is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwela? popularity and diffusion
Pwela is the 1,710,039th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pwela reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Pwani Region, where 71 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 29 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpwela | 91 | 36 | / |
| Phwela | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpwelya | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mpwelea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pwele | 80 | 5,935 | / |
| Bwela | 80 | 820 | / |
| Puela | 80 | 235 | / |
| Pwila | 80 | 96 | / |
| Pwala | 80 | 32 | / |
| Pweli | 80 | 28 | / |
| Pwelo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mpuela | 73 | 109 | / |
| Bwelai | 73 | 27 | / |
| Puelas | 73 | 27 | / |
| Pouela | 73 | 26 | / |
| Bwelia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puetla | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwalah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwuela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwelya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwaela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwalya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Npwele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweala | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouhela | 67 | 66 | / |
| Mphwele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pwhalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puelias | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouelya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwillah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pweeler | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pwela
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