Volowe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Volowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Volowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Volowe is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Volowe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Volowe is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Volowe occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Volowe reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Volowe is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 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 Volowe
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