Korowei Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Korowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Korowei (10) may also be a first name.
Korowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korowei is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korowei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Korowei is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Korowei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Korowei live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname Korowei is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Korowei is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 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 Korowei
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