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 occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Howaes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 935,326th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Howaes live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 8,636. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 75 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 13 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Namibia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs 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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