Etowa Surname

315,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Etowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0991:161,18510,104
India491:15,654,396253,566
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Etowa (1,013) may also be a first name.

Etowa Last Name Facts

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

Etowa (Oriya: ଏତୱା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Etowa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 315,551st most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,129,139 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Etowa live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Etowa is also the 252,483rd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,013 people.

Etowa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,099 people, or 1 in 161,185. In Nigeria Etowa is most common in: Cross River, where 86 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Etowa is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etowah919/
Etsowa911/
Aetowa911/
Estowa911/
Etow8980/
Eshtowa831/
Etouwai831/
Otowa801,177/
Atowa80352/
Etawa80287/
Edowa80197/
Etova80177/
Etoba80169/
Itowa8055/
Ethow804/
Etowo802/
Getow801/
Eatow801/
Ettow800/
Getova73998/
Othowa73689/
Hotowa73167/
Estova73167/
Aetova73135/
Etohwo7381/
Ottowa7370/
Otuowa7354/
Heytow7340/
Hatowa7335/
Atowah7332/
Atoway7328/
Hetova7323/
Attowa7314/
Itouwa7311/
Hetoba734/
Etouba734/
Atowua734/
Hetawa733/
Eastow733/
Ethawa733/
Ethowo731/
Etobha731/
Gedowa731/
Euthow731/
Etovad731/
Eythow731/
Etaway731/
Estawa731/
Ietawa731/
Itowai731/
Hedowa731/
Ehtawa731/
Etovas731/
Etowop731/
Etowho731/
Otoway730/
Heatow730/
Etab67527/
Etav67408/
Itow67202/
Othowaa67195/
Ottoway67158/
Etov67139/
Etaw6799/
Hatoway6730/
Gettova6717/
Etob6716/
Aitowai6714/
Getawah6712/
Etaf679/
Hetouba676/
Jitowat675/
Estawas675/
Othoway673/
Jtow672/
Heitova671/
Hetaway671/
Hattowa671/
Hoetawa671/
Itoiwai671/
Gitowga671/
Etof671/
Haitowa671/
Attoway670/

Etowa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Etowa in the Oriya language
ଏତୱାetawa66.67
ଏତଆeta'a33.33

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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 Etowa
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