Kanowa Surname
Approximately 1,544 people bear this surname
Kanowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 965 | 1:76,559 | 8,894 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanowa (27) may also be a first name.
Kanowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanowa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 255,521st most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,719,913 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanowa reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
Kanowa is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 965 people, or 1 in 76,559. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent reside and Botswana, 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
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- 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 Kanowa
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