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
Kowoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kowoya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kowoya is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Tanzania Kowoya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
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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