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
Mowase has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mowase click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowase? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mowase are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 20 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Limpopo, where 20 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 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 Mowase
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