Samowa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Samowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Samowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samowa is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Samowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Samowa live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Samowa is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Samowa is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 76 percent reside, Milne Bay, where 10 percent reside and Western, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 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
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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 Samowa
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