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 borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alowan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Alowan live; 77 percent live in Oceania Islands and 77 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 940,641st most numerous first name in the world, held by 101 people.
The last name Alowan is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Alowan is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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