Alowe Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Alowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Alowe (44) may also be a first name.
Alowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alowe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,628,521st most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Alowe is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Alowe are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 44 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Alowe is most common in: Delta, where 77 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alowe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alowe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮ | lw | - |
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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
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- 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 Alowe
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