Andowa Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Andowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 229 | 1:10,521 | 1,997 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Andowa (46) may also be a first name.
Andowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Andowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Andowa occurs most in Namibia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Andowa? popularity and diffusion
Andowa is the 833,931st most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name Andowa is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Andowa reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 46 people.
The last name is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 10,521. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 78 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 20 percent reside and Otjozondjupa Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Namibia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 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 Andowa
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