Lowei Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Lowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lowei (964) may also be a first name.
Lowei Demographics
Lowei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lowei is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lowei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Lowei are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 259,771st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 964 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Baringo County, where 93 percent reside, Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 2 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Kenya Lowei exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.
Lowei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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 Lowei
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