Pwete Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Pwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 79 | 1:195,421 | 22,838 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
Pwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pwete is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwete? popularity and diffusion
Pwete is the 2,020,555th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pwete reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 195,421. In Zimbabwe Pwete is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 82 percent reside, Harare Province, where 16 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 1 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phwete | 91 | 288 | / |
| Mpwete | 91 | 6 | / |
| Pwet | 89 | 4 | / |
| Pweeter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwete | 80 | 1,408 | / |
| Vwete | 80 | 15 | / |
| Puete | 80 | 13 | / |
| Pwate | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pweta | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pwedt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwette | 73 | 264 | / |
| Bweete | 73 | 166 | / |
| Puette | 73 | 83 | / |
| Puetes | 73 | 83 | / |
| Puethe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pueter | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pueste | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pouete | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mpuete | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweteh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwetie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwetty | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweate | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pwaite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puet | 67 | 130 | / |
| Puetter | 67 | 71 | / |
| Puestes | 67 | 23 | / |
| Puester | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vwet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pouette | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bwet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pwit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bweette | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Pwete
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis