Kpowa Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kpowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kpowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kpowa is most common in Benin. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kpowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpowa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin Kpowa is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 89 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 5 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kpowah | 91 | 43 | / |
| Kpoway | 91 | 34 | / |
| Kpowea | 91 | 6 | / |
| Kpowai | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kposwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kpow | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kpowhea | 83 | 60 | / |
| Kpovowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpouwai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpawa | 80 | 67 | / |
| Kpowo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gpowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kpowheah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpawah | 73 | 43 | / |
| Kpaway | 73 | 34 | / |
| Kpawap | 73 | 12 | / |
| Kpobay | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kpowou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kpowei | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kpawea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kpawas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kpouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpowoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpoiba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpooba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpowoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpav | 67 | 150 | / |
| Kpaw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kpov | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gpow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpahwah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kpowa
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