Korwu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Korwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korwu (19) may also be a first name.
Korwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korwu has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Korwu is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Korwu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Korwu is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name on earth It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia Korwu is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 93 percent live and Nimba County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 4 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 Korwu
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