Howars Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Howars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Howars (11) may also be a first name.

Howars Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Howars Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Howars is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Howars? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Howars live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.

The surname Howars is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Howars is primarily concentrated in: California, where 17 percent are found, Kentucky, where 17 percent are found and New Jersey, where 17 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Liberia, where 13 percent are found.

Howars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Howars has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Howars surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Howars Last Name Statistics demography

Howars earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owars916/
Howers8352/
Howors833/
Hewars830/
Gowars830/
Houwers77582/
Howarch771/
Owers732,616/
Ewars7318/
Ovars731/
Gowarsch7110/
Havers671,941/
Hovers67388/
Havars6721/
Hawers6719/
Ouwers6714/
Govars677/
Ovarse673/
Otvars673/
D'Houwers672/
Hewers672/
Awarse671/
Oewers671/
Ovarsh671/
Habors671/
Ewears671/
Havors670/
Oowers670/
Oiwers670/
Hubars670/

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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 Howars
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