Khouwe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Khouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Khouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khouwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khouwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Khouwe is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Khouwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Khouwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Khouwe is mostly concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 50 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 25 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 25 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khouwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khouwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮ | khw | - |
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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 Khouwe
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