Kowiya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kowiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kowiya (25) may also be a first name.
Kowiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kowiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻱ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Kowiya live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Kowiya is primarily concentrated in: South Sumatra, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kowiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kowiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻱ | kwy | 50 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻳﻪ | kwryh | 50 |
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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 Kowiya
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