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
Kanowa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 255,521st most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,719,913 people. Kanowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanowa reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kanowa is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 965 people, or 1 in 76,559. Besides The DR Congo Kanowa is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kanowa
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