Pwetete Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pwetete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pwetete Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091

Pwetete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pwetete occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pwetete? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pwetete live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 81 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phwetete93105/
Mpwetete931/
Bwetete8612/
Puetate712,495/
Bwatete717/
Buetet621/
Pwititi5727/
Pwatati579/
Bwateete536/
Pwatiteh533/

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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 Pwetete
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