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 or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kouwah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Kouwah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouwah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Kouwah is also the 7,463,778th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 3 people.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Kouwah is primarily found in: Adrar Region, where 50 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent reside.
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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