Golowe Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Golowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Golowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Golowe is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Golowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Golowe is the 1,168,344th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Golowe reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Golowe is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 35 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 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
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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
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