Powoe Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Powoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Powoe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1601:27,5532,662
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Powoe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Powoe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Powoe occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Powoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,343,156th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. Powoe 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 last name is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 27,553. In Liberia Powoe is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent live, Lofa County, where 41 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 9 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pouwoe911/
Pouwooe835/
Powou804/
Pawoe803/
Powae801/
Powoo801/
Pouwou7327/
Pohwou7310/
Pohwae734/
Pohwoo734/
Peewoe731/
Pouweu731/
Powu6755/
Poovaee671/
Pouwoua671/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis