Kowake Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Kowake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kowake (32) may also be a first name.
Kowake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kowake is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Kowake are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kowake is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 32 people.
The surname Kowake is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 98 percent live and West New Britain, where 2 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 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 Kowake
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