Mowei Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Mowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Mowei (50) may also be a first name.
Mowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mowei is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mowei.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowei? popularity and diffusion
Mowei is the 851,613th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,702,635 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Mowei reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mowei is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 50 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 276,703. Besides The DR Congo Mowei exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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 Mowei
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