Knowa Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Austria

Knowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland581:655,32357,058
India151:51,137,692512,385
Austria131:655,03358,041
United States101:36,245,893832,629

Knowa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knowa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Knowa is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Knowa is the 1,894,523rd most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Knowa is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Knowa are found; 60 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 60 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 655,323. Outside of Poland Knowa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and Austria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinowa91274/
Kenowa9183/
Knoway913/
Knowah911/
Know89114/
Kyonowa8321/
Kingowa837/
Kinzowa831/
Knowwha831/
Knawa80148/
Knouw8026/
Knowo801/
Knoow800/
Kennoway7731/
Kinova73371/
Kenova73194/
Cenowa7345/
Kennow7336/
Kynova7327/
Kemnow737/
Knobay736/
Knowei734/
Cinowa733/
Cnoway732/
Knowtt732/
Knowch731/
Kina6726,493/
Knof67838/
Knaf67779/
Kinnawa67463/
Chinowa67437/
Kyna6751/
Kennova678/
Knov673/
Knavova672/
Gkenova671/
Knav671/
Knaw671/
Kinnova671/
Chenowa670/
Cnow670/

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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 Knowa
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