Nakowa Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Nakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 186 | 1:209,889 | 16,563 |
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nakowa (71) may also be a first name.
Nakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakowa is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 983,245th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nakowa are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 71 people.
Nakowa is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 209,889. In Uganda Nakowa is most common in: Sironko District, where 72 percent live, Mbale District, where 15 percent live and Kampala District, where 5 percent live. Apart from Uganda it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 2 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 Nakowa
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