Kowoya Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kowoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kowoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kowoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowoya? popularity and diffusion
Kowoya is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kowoya are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kowoya is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kowoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kowoya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻳﻪ | kwyh | - |
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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 Kowoya
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