Fowa Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Fowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 334 | 1:62,183 | 7,947 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fowa (35) may also be a first name.
Fowa Demographics
Average Fowa Salary in
South Africa
R 62,952
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Fowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fowa occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 637,196th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Fowa are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fowa is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 62,183. In Cameroon Fowa is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent live, West Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 22 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Fowa Last Name Statistics demography
Fowa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.51% less than the national average, earning R 62,952 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fouwa | 89 | 159 | / |
| Fowah | 89 | 146 | / |
| Fowai | 89 | 59 | / |
| Fowaa | 89 | 7 | / |
| Fowaj | 89 | 2 | / |
| Fowap | 89 | 2 | / |
| Fowwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fowga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fuowa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fow | 86 | 369 | / |
| Fowowa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Fowaah | 80 | 8 | / |
| Fuowad | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fouwha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fowash | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fouwea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fohwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foowad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foba | 75 | 4,017 | / |
| Fawa | 75 | 2,737 | / |
| Wowa | 75 | 937 | / |
| Fowo | 75 | 384 | / |
| Fouw | 75 | 163 | / |
| Fova | 75 | 80 | / |
| Vowa | 75 | 45 | / |
| Foiw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fohw | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vfow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fowh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfow | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fouweah | 73 | 15 | / |
| Fouhwap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fouwhea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fosua | 67 | 2,588 | / |
| Fouba | 67 | 1,403 | / |
| Fawai | 67 | 850 | / |
| Fowey | 67 | 519 | / |
| Fobay | 67 | 191 | / |
| Fawah | 67 | 167 | / |
| Faway | 67 | 124 | / |
| Vowah | 67 | 30 | / |
| Foiba | 67 | 29 | / |
| Fahwa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Fawau | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fovad | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fooba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Foiva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fawwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fawua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fowoh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wowna | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fowou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fobai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fobha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vsowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fohba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feuwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fuoua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fouva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fawaj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fouwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fovaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fovaș | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fovas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouhwhea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ffawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fovea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fojwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fosww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fawaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Favoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fooua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowth | 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 Fowa
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