Koowa Surname
Approximately 1,632 people bear this surname
Koowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,568 | 1:24,897 | 3,534 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Koowa (132) may also be a first name.
Koowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koowa is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,182nd most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,465,408 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koowa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 807,735th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 132 people.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,568 people, or 1 in 24,897. In Uganda Koowa is most common in: Buyende District, where 20 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 19 percent reside and Kaliro District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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 Koowa
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