Alowan Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Alowan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alowan (101) may also be a first name.
Alowan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alowan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alowan is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alowan.
How Common Is The Last Name Alowan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Alowan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Alowan are found; 77 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 77 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 940,641st most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 101 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Alowan is primarily found in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 5 percent reside and Lebanon, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Alowan
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