Kolowa Surname
Approximately 1,146 people bear this surname
Kolowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 774 | 1:68,400 | 7,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 216 | 1:37,749 | 4,551 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kolowa (58) may also be a first name.
Kolowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolowa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kolowa is the 324,858th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kolowa reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kolowa is also the 1,295,729th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 58 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 68,400. In Tanzania Kolowa is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 21 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Kolowa exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 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
- 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 Kolowa
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