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
Korwu is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Korwu is predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name globally, held by 19 people.
Korwu is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia Korwu is primarily found in: Lofa County, where 93 percent live and Nimba County, where 7 percent live. Barring Liberia Korwu is found 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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