Kanowah Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Kanowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 143 | 1:9,045 | 1,913 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanowah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanowah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanowah live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The last name Kanowah is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 9,045. In Mauritius Kanowah is most common in: Port Louis District, where 69 percent reside, Grand Port District, where 29 percent reside and Pamplemousses District, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Mauritius Kanowah is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, 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 Kanowah
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