Anowa Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Anowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Anowa (137) may also be a first name.
Anowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anowa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anowa? popularity and diffusion
Anowa is the 912,827th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Anowa live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anowa is also the 790,880th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 137 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 53 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Edo, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Anowa exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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 Anowa
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