Kowayi Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Kowayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kowayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kowayi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kowayi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 42 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 27 percent reside and Harare Province, where 17 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Kowayi is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kowayi
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