Lowasa Surname
Approximately 1,886 people bear this surname
Lowasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,525 | 1:30,282 | 3,331 |
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lowasa (1,108) may also be a first name.
Lowasa Demographics
Lowasa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lowasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lowasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lowasa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lowasa? popularity and diffusion
Lowasa is the 217,420th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,864,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lowasa are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 239,625th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,108 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,525 people, or 1 in 30,282. In Kenya Lowasa is primarily found in: Turkana County, where 63 percent live, Samburu County, where 14 percent live and Isiolo County, where 13 percent live. Not including Kenya Lowasa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Lowasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lowasa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Lowasa
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