Howah Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Howah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Howah (53) may also be a first name.
Howah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Howah is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Howah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 37 percent of Howah reside; 26 percent reside in Southern Africa and 26 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.
Howah is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent live and Germany, where 20 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
- 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 Howah
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