Kelowa Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Kelowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kelowa (25) may also be a first name.
Kelowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelowa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kelowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Kelowa are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 25 people.
Kelowa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 91,615. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 33 percent live, Western Highlands, where 27 percent live and Hela, where 20 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Kelowa is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kelowa
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