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
Howaes is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Howaes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 935,326th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname Howaes occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Howaes reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Howaes is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 8,636. In Namibia Howaes is mostly found in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 75 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 13 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Namibia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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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