Kowasi Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Kowasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kowasi (151) may also be a first name.
Kowasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowasi (Hindi: कोवासी, Marathi: कोवासी) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kowasi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowasi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Kowasi occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kowasi live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kowasi is also the 749,223rd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 151 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Northern, where 85 percent live, Morobe, where 12 percent live and Madang, where 3 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Kowasi occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 37 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kowasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kowasi in the Hindi language | ||
| कोवासी | kovasi | - |
| Kowasi in the Marathi language | ||
| कोवासी | kovasi | - |
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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 Kowasi
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