Pwitika Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Pwitika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pwitika 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
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460

Pwitika Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pwitika is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pwitika? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pwitika is the 1,111,382nd most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pwitika live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi Pwitika exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 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
Phwitika931/
Pwitiko8650/
Bwitika861/
Phwitiko801,101/
Vuitika7117/
Pweteka711/
Puistikko635/
Vuitiki5713/
Bweteka575/
Buitica571/
Buitike571/
Mpweteke534/
Buitekaut500/
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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 Pwitika
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