Ahowe Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Ahowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 194 | 1:53,276 | 6,682 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Ahowe (32) may also be a first name.
Ahowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahowe is found most in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ahowe.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahowe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 959,117th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ahowe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 32 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 53,276. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 94 percent are found, Collines Department, where 5 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 1 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ahowe
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