Bowowo Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bowowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bowowo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Bowowo Last Name Facts

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

Bowowo is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowowo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Bowowo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowowo are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Bowowo is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bawowo8339/
Buwowo8327/
Bewowo8311/
Bowowa831/
Wowowo831/
Bobobo6741/
Bowawa6734/
Bobowo671/
Buwowa671/
Bowabo671/

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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 Bowowo
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