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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 601,907th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. Adowe is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adowe reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 79 people.
This surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 473 people, or 1 in 21,851. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 86 percent live, Collines Department, where 4 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 4 percent live. Besides Benin Adowe exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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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