Powoe Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Powoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 160 | 1:27,553 | 2,662 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Powoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Powoe occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Powoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Powoe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 27,553. In Liberia Powoe is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent reside, Lofa County, where 41 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 9 percent reside. Not including Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 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 Powoe
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