Khowa Surname
Approximately 3,018 people bear this surname
Khowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,970 | 1:18,242 | 2,301 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Khowa (161) may also be a first name.
Khowa Demographics
Average Khowa Salary in
South Africa
R 127,752
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Khowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khowa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﻩ, Hindi: खोवा) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 146,813th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,414,694 people. The surname Khowa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Khowa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 722,635th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 161 people.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,970 people, or 1 in 18,242. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 79 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 9 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.
Khowa Last Name Statistics demography
Khowa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.24% less than the national average, earning R 127,752 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khowa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khowa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮﻩ | khwh | - |
| Khowa in the Hindi language | ||
| खोवा | khova | - |
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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 Khowa
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