Goowa Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Goowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 142 | 1:274,924 | 19,750 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
Goowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goowa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Goowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goowa is the 1,385,851st most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Goowa are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 274,924. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Bugiri District, where 39 percent live, Mayuge District, where 24 percent live and Budaka District, where 6 percent live. Besides Uganda Goowa exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kgoowa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ggoowa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gowa | 89 | 4,488 | / |
| Gowah | 80 | 855 | / |
| Kgowa | 80 | 740 | / |
| Gooba | 80 | 301 | / |
| Gohwa | 80 | 298 | / |
| Goova | 80 | 128 | / |
| Goway | 80 | 117 | / |
| Gouwa | 80 | 83 | / |
| Gowai | 80 | 75 | / |
| Goiwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Gowea | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ghowa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gowoa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ggowa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gooua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowaz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goowe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngoywa | 73 | 41 | / |
| Nggowa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Goweah | 73 | 26 | / |
| Ghowad | 73 | 13 | / |
| Goeway | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gowaid | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gouywa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Goobai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kgojwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gowaia | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gosway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Goweau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gowath | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gouwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Goobah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngoowe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngowwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghoowi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goewah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghowga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goovea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngoowi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngohwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nngowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goouad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goiwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowhai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowhah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gouwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngojwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goba | 67 | 25,737 | / |
| Gawa | 67 | 4,733 | / |
| Gobo | 67 | 4,384 | / |
| Gova | 67 | 3,446 | / |
| Gowe | 67 | 2,469 | / |
| Guwa | 67 | 2,273 | / |
| Govo | 67 | 1,915 | / |
| Gowo | 67 | 571 | / |
| Gowi | 67 | 307 | / |
| Gooswit | 67 | 94 | / |
| Gowatch | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gowasch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gowy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gowé | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kgouwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghojwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goshwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowhash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghoovas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngouwai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Goowa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis