Fowoke Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Fowoke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Fowoke (126) may also be a first name.
Fowoke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fowoke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fowoke is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fowoke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fowoke is the 3,100,440th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fowoke reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fowoke is also the 829,183rd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 126 people.
The last name Fowoke is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Fowoke is most numerous in: Ogun, where 41 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 15 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Fowoke
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