Kowah Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Kowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 194 | 1:22,724 | 2,241 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kowah (38) may also be a first name.
Kowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kowah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name Kowah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kowah are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 38 people.
It is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 22,724. In Liberia Kowah is primarily found in: Lofa County, where 28 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Sudan, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kowah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis