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
The last name Koowa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,182nd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,465,408 people. The last name Koowa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koowa are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Koowa is also the 807,735th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 132 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,568 people, or 1 in 24,897. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Buyende District, where 20 percent live, Kamuli District, where 19 percent live and Kaliro District, where 17 percent live. Other than Uganda Koowa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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 Koowa
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