Kowei Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Kowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 468 | 1:378,510 | 20,133 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kowei (35) may also be a first name.
Kowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowei is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,991st most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kowei reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kowei is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 61 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 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 Kowei
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