Lowassa Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Lowassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 97 | 1:545,790 | 34,985 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Lowassa (239) may also be a first name.
Lowassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lowassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lowassa is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lowassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. Lowassa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lowassa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 239 people.
Lowassa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 545,790. In Tanzania Lowassa is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 80 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Lowassa
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