Galowa Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Galowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 125 | 1:65,230 | 8,500 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Galowá (2) are calculated separately.
Galowa (27) may also be a first name.
Galowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galowa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Galowá. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Galowa live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Galowa is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 27 people.
The surname Galowa is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 65,230. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western, where 73 percent live, Gulf, where 7 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Galowa
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