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 surname Atowa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 798,040th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Atowa reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atowa is also the 269,579th most prevalent first name globally, held by 906 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 48 percent live, Ondo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Atowa occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 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
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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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