Howaes Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Howaes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 279 | 1:8,636 | 1,678 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Howaes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howaes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Howaes occurs most in Namibia. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Howaes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Howaes is the 935,326th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Howaes live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Howaes is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 8,636. In Namibia Howaes is mostly concentrated in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 75 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 13 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Namibia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 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
- 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 Howaes
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