Korowa Surname
Approximately 2,261 people bear this surname
Korowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,870 | 1:4,360 | 244 |
| India | 224 | 1:3,424,399 | 98,109 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Korowa (455) may also be a first name.
Korowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korowa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 187,128th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,223,152 people. Korowa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Korowa are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 87 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 400,634th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 455 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 1,870 people, or 1 in 4,360. In Papua New Guinea Korowa is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 75 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 11 percent are found and National Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea Korowa is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Korowa
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