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 surname Kowoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kowoya is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kowoya is primarily found 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.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Kowoya exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
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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