Adowe Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Adowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 473 | 1:21,851 | 2,923 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Adowe (79) may also be a first name.
Adowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adowe is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adowe is the 601,907th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname Adowe is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adowe live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adowe is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 79 people.
Adowe is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 473 people, or 1 in 21,851. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 86 percent live, Collines Department, where 4 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 4 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
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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 Adowe
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