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
The last name Kolowa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 324,858th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,359,115 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kolowa are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most common given name globally It is held by 58 people.
Kolowa is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 774 people, or 1 in 68,400. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 21 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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