Rowena Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Rowena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 208 | 1:112,715 | 1,067 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Rowena (327,240) may also be a first name.
Rowena Demographics
Average Rowena Salary in
England
£26,654
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Rowena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rowena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rowena (Arabic: روينا, Hindi: रोविना, Marathi: रोवेना, Oriya: େରାବିନା) has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rowena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 926,175th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. Rowena occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Rowena live; 73 percent live in East Asia and 73 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 3,188th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 327,240 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 112,715. In Taiwan Rowena is most numerous in: Kaohsiung City, where 86 percent live, Miaoli County, where 6 percent live and Taipei City, where 6 percent live. Apart from Taiwan this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rowena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rowena in the Hindi language | ||
| रोविना | rovina | - |
| Rowena in the Oriya language | ||
| େରାବିନା | erabina | - |
| Rowena in the Marathi language | ||
| रोवेना | rovena | 88.89 |
| रोना | rona | 11.11 |
| Rowena in the Arabic language | ||
| روينا | rwyna | - |
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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 Rowena
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