Disow Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Somalia

Disow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Disow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Disow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Disow occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Disow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Disow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Disow live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Cushitic Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Mandera County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.

Disow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Disow surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Disowe9121/
Dishow9110/
Daisow919/
Diesow914/
Dhisow912/
Deisow912/
Disuw80746/
Dijow80118/
Disaw8059/
Disov8045/
Dysow805/
Desow805/
Dixow802/
Disob801/
Daisouwe771/
Dishaw731,103/
Dishov7365/
Dichow7345/
Ditsov7334/
Disova7320/
Deshow7318/
Dessow7314/
Discov7311/
Duisov739/
Disoff736/
Deisov735/
Daisuw733/
Deasow732/
Desowa731/
Degiow731/
Disoev731/
Dissob731/
Disawe731/
Disiob731/
Disobh731/
Dushow731/
Didsov731/
Dissaw730/
Dishova6759/
Duisova6722/
Deisova674/
Diosova672/
Dishoff672/
Daisiuw672/
Ddhisuw671/
Duishov671/
Daisawe671/
Dishobh671/
Duissov671/
Duishob671/
Deichow670/

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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 Disow
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