Kodowa Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Kodowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kodowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kodowa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kodowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,095,216th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kodowa live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Kodowa is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 360,388. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Guyana, where 3 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
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