Kouwah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kouwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kouwah (3) may also be a first name.
Kouwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouwah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﺍﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kouwah.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kouwah is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Kouwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouwah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 3 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Kouwah is primarily concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 50 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouwah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮﺍﻩ | khwah | - |
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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
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- 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 Kouwah
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