Elowa Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Elowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Benin | 112 | 1:92,282 | 10,663 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Elowa (169) may also be a first name.
Elowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elowa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elowa is the 526,285th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elowa are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 703,581st most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 169 people.
Elowa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 158,881. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Elowa
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