Kowda Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kowda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Kowda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kowda occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowda? popularity and diffusion
Kowda is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Kowda occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kowda reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Kowda is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India Kowda is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 89 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowdea | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kouwda | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kouwdap | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kovda | 80 | 151 | / |
| Kowdi | 80 | 56 | / |
| Kowde | 80 | 27 | / |
| Kawda | 80 | 19 | / |
| Kewda | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kowdo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Cowda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaewda | 73 | 95 | / |
| Kowdis | 73 | 13 | / |
| Khawda | 73 | 9 | / |
| Cowday | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kawday | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kowdou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kawdha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kawdea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khovda | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kawhda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kowdos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kovday | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kowdhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kouvdai | 67 | 58 | / |
| Khowdee | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kowdeed | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khawdha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khawdas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khawdah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouwdou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouvday | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koufdai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kowda
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