Alowo Surname
Approximately 13,170 people bear this surname
Alowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12,990 | 1:3,005 | 514 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alowo (27) may also be a first name.
Alowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alowo occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alowo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alowo is the 39,853rd most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 553,344 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alowo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 27 people.
The last name Alowo is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 12,990 people, or 1 in 3,005. In Uganda Alowo is most common in: Tororo District, where 68 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 7 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 5 percent reside. Other than Uganda Alowo occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Alowo
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