Kowhai Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kowhai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kowhai (21) may also be a first name.
Kowhai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowhai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowhai is found in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kowhai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowhai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kowhai is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Kowhai are found; 93 percent are found in Australasia and 93 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
Kowhai is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 503,147. In New Zealand Kowhai is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 89 percent live and Otago Region, where 11 percent live. Barring New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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
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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 Kowhai
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