Mowo Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Mowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 513 | 1:103,200 | 10,096 |
| Uganda | 84 | 1:464,753 | 27,435 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Mowo (67) may also be a first name.
Mowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mowo is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 460,168th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. The surname Mowo occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mowo are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 67 people.
The last name Mowo is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 513 people, or 1 in 103,200. In Tanzania Mowo is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 47 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 46 percent are found and Singida Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moiwo | 89 | 470 | / |
| Mowoh | 89 | 41 | / |
| Mouwo | 89 | 21 | / |
| Mowod | 89 | 14 | / |
| Moowo | 89 | 7 | / |
| Mgowo | 89 | 5 | / |
| Mowoi | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mowou | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mowoa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mohwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mowoo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mowuo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mowoy | 89 | 0 | / |
| Mowhou | 80 | 56 | / |
| Mohwoh | 80 | 13 | / |
| Moiwoh | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mouwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moshwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mowouh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mouw'o | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mowa | 75 | 9,216 | / |
| Mewo | 75 | 4,640 | / |
| Mawo | 75 | 2,365 | / |
| Mobo | 75 | 1,551 | / |
| Muwo | 75 | 302 | / |
| Movo | 75 | 162 | / |
| Moowood | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mgouwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mawoa | 67 | 909 | / |
| Mawoh | 67 | 849 | / |
| Mobou | 67 | 783 | / |
| Mewoh | 67 | 546 | / |
| Mhowa | 67 | 523 | / |
| Mmowa | 67 | 350 | / |
| Mhobo | 67 | 243 | / |
| Moiwa | 67 | 173 | / |
| Mowah | 67 | 156 | / |
| Mooba | 67 | 96 | / |
| Mawoo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Mouwa | 67 | 88 | / |
| Movoa | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mobuo | 67 | 86 | / |
| Moowa | 67 | 72 | / |
| Muuwo | 67 | 67 | / |
| Maboo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Movoh | 67 | 48 | / |
| Muswo | 67 | 42 | / |
| Mgawo | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mohuo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mawou | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mewoo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Muwoh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mouvo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Moova | 67 | 19 | / |
| Moyuo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Moboy | 67 | 18 | / |
| Moboi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mahwo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mawos | 67 | 16 | / |
| Muwod | 67 | 13 | / |
| Moivo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Movou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mohwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Moubo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mosuo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mevoo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mobho | 67 | 9 | / |
| Meuwo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Moobo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Muobo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Maawo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Movoi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moibo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muiwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mawoi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moboo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maewo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Meewo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mavoo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mowha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mosswood | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mauwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mehwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Movot | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moywa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mawoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moeuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muwot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Movuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Movgo | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mowo
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