Amowa Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Amowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Amowa (13) may also be a first name.
Amowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amowa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amowa? popularity and diffusion
Amowa is the 2,979,664th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Amowa live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Amowa is also the 3,159,357th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 36 percent are found, Madang, where 36 percent are found and Hela, where 23 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea Amowa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and Ghana, where 9 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
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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 Amowa
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