Goweni Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Goweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Goweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goweni is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goweni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,052,587th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goweni live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Goweni is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi Goweni occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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
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