Atowa Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Atowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 131 | 1:1,352,235 | 53,045 |
| Benin | 82 | 1:126,044 | 13,698 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Atowa (906) may also be a first name.
Atowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atowa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Atowa is the 798,040th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Atowa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 269,579th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 906 people.
The surname Atowa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria Atowa is primarily found in: Abia, where 48 percent are found, Ondo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent are found and The Philippines, where 17 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 Atowa
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