Fowote Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fowote Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fowote Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071

Fowote Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fowote occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fowote? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Fowote is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Fowote live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Fowote is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Fowote is most frequent in: Lagos, where 84 percent live and Ogun, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowete8316/
Fawote8311/
Fowoti833/
Fobote831/
Fouwot831/
Foowoot776/
Foibote772/
Foboute771/
Fouwete771/
Fowat7318/
Fovot731/
Fobot731/
Fowati677/
Favote671/
Faboot671/
Fawout671/
Fowood671/

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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 Fowote
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