Mowase Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mowase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mowase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mowase is found most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowase? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Mowase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mowase live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mowase is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 20 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and Limpopo, where 20 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Mowase
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