Mowu Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Mowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Mowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mowu is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mowu is the 1,620,164th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mowu live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Taiwan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mowuu | 89 | 227 | / |
| Mouwu | 89 | 9 | / |
| Mowou | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mhowu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Moewu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mowuh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mmowu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mowhou | 80 | 56 | / |
| Mowouh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mouwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mowhud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mojweu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mawu | 75 | 2,261 | / |
| Mobu | 75 | 667 | / |
| Movu | 75 | 311 | / |
| Mewu | 75 | 142 | / |
| Muwu | 75 | 25 | / |
| Mgouwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maweu | 67 | 8,292 | / |
| Mabou | 67 | 2,509 | / |
| Mobou | 67 | 783 | / |
| Mowoe | 67 | 478 | / |
| Maawu | 67 | 245 | / |
| Mawau | 67 | 210 | / |
| Mhawu | 67 | 67 | / |
| Mavou | 67 | 57 | / |
| Muwau | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mobuh | 67 | 54 | / |
| Movuh | 67 | 50 | / |
| Mawuh | 67 | 50 | / |
| Moobu | 67 | 40 | / |
| Mawou | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mowuyowa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mobau | 67 | 24 | / |
| Muwuh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Muwus | 67 | 22 | / |
| Moibu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mawui | 67 | 17 | / |
| Movou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mmewu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Meewu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mawuu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moubu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muwut | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mobhu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mewui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mobeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maswu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mgovu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mewuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mobui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhuwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moveu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mewuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muuwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawuz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mubou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mowoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mewau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Movau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muwuu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mowu
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