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
The surname Kanowah occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanowah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,465,390th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanowah reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 9,045. In Mauritius Kanowah is mostly found in: Port Louis District, where 69 percent reside, Grand Port District, where 29 percent reside and Pamplemousses District, where 1 percent reside. Other than Mauritius this last name 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
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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 Kanowah
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