Pwoo Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Pwoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pwoo 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
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pwoo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pwoo is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Pwoo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pwoo? popularity and diffusion

Pwoo is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Pwoo live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda Pwoo is mostly found in: Dokolo District, where 100 percent live. Not including Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 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
Pwo8622/
Bwoo754/
Pwoh752/
Pwop751/
Pwos751/
Pwou751/
Pwoz751/
Vpwo751/
Pouho67758/
Bwood672/
M'Pwo671/
Mpwoh671/
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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 Pwoo
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