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 found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 324,858th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. The surname Kolowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kolowa live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 58 people.
The surname Kolowa is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 774 people, or 1 in 68,400. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent live, Tanga Region, where 21 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
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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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