Cowrie Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Cowrie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:677,094 | 32,515 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Cowrie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cowrie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cowrie is found most frequently in Trinidad and Tobago. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cowrie.
How Common Is The Last Name Cowrie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Cowrie are found; 70 percent are found in Caribbean and 70 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 85,248. In Trinidad and Tobago it is most common in: Chaguanas Borough Corporation, where 50 percent reside, San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation, where 44 percent reside and Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation, where 6 percent reside. Barring Trinidad and Tobago it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Cowrie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cowrie has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowre | 91 | 0 | / |
| Chowre | 83 | 107 | / |
| Chowri | 83 | 75 | / |
| Cowrea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Cowrey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Chowrey | 77 | 60 | / |
| Chowree | 77 | 34 | / |
| Coubrie | 77 | 16 | / |
| Couvrie | 77 | 7 | / |
| Cowreea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Chowrai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Covre | 73 | 4,038 | / |
| Cobre | 73 | 670 | / |
| Kowri | 73 | 171 | / |
| Covri | 73 | 156 | / |
| Cobri | 73 | 56 | / |
| Kowre | 73 | 13 | / |
| Cowra | 73 | 10 | / |
| Cowry | 73 | 10 | / |
| Cawre | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chowrioi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chawre | 67 | 432 | / |
| Cabrie | 67 | 151 | / |
| Couvre | 67 | 113 | / |
| Cawrey | 67 | 106 | / |
| Cobrea | 67 | 99 | / |
| Chawri | 67 | 30 | / |
| Couvri | 67 | 14 | / |
| Covrea | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chowry | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cobrey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Chovre | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chovri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ciobre | 67 | 4 | / |
| Coovre | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cavrie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouwri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cahwre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawrie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Covret | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coubri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coubre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khowri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cowray | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cowroy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Covrey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Cowrie
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