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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Atowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Atowa is the 798,040th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name throughout the world, held by 906 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 48 percent reside, Ondo, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 23 percent reside and The Philippines, where 17 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 Atowa
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