Atowo Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Atowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria691:2,567,28683,988
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Atowo (11) may also be a first name.

Atowo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Atowo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Atowo occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Atowo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atowo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,931,261st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Atowo are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atowo is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 11 people.

The surname Atowo is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria Atowo is most numerous in: Delta, where 39 percent are found, Oyo, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Atowo is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atohwo9198/
Atowho9116/
Atouwo916/
Atowou912/
Attowo911/
Aitowo911/
Atouwou831/
Atuwo80760/
Atowa80352/
Otowo80325/
Atobo80123/
Atewo8067/
Atawo8032/
Atovo8024/
Etowo802/
Haitouwo771/
Otohwo73145/
Etohwo7381/
Atawoo7371/
Atouwa7337/
Hatowa7335/
Atowah7332/
Atosuo7329/
Otowoh7322/
Astawo7318/
Atooba7315/
Attowa7314/
Atauwo7312/
Otowho7312/
Atawoi735/
Atowua734/
Atawou734/
Otuowo732/
Gatowa732/
Atoubo731/
Ethowo731/
Otowou731/
Etowho731/
Aetowa731/
Attawo731/
Atoboy731/
Autovo731/
Atoboh731/
Atuovo731/
Hatobo731/
Gatovo731/
Atobou731/
Ataboo731/
Atahwo731/
Atawoy730/
Atoubou6756/
Attouwa6717/
Otuowho6714/
Hotowou6710/
Ahtovuo679/
Attawoh672/
Hattowa671/
Attowad671/
Autoubo671/
Ataaboo671/
Hatooba671/
Gatouwa671/
Ateuwou671/
Atooboi671/
Haitowa671/
Ottowoh671/
Otoehwo671/

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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 Atowo
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