Vowa Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Vowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Vowa (73) may also be a first name.
Vowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vowa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Vowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Vowa reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Vowa is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 73 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Vowa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 44 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vowah | 89 | 30 | / |
| Voswa | 89 | 6 | / |
| Vsowa | 89 | 5 | / |
| Vowaz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vowat | 89 | 1 | / |
| Voywa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vowas | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vuowah | 80 | 46 | / |
| Vohwad | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vowhay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Voiwai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vowath | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vova | 75 | 985 | / |
| Wowa | 75 | 937 | / |
| Voba | 75 | 480 | / |
| Fowa | 75 | 478 | / |
| Vawa | 75 | 339 | / |
| Vowo | 75 | 9 | / |
| Uowa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wowah | 67 | 664 | / |
| Fouwa | 67 | 159 | / |
| Vw | 67 | 151 | / |
| Fowah | 67 | 146 | / |
| Woiwa | 67 | 110 | / |
| Vouba | 67 | 96 | / |
| Fowai | 67 | 59 | / |
| Vawah | 67 | 55 | / |
| Vooba | 67 | 52 | / |
| Wowai | 67 | 26 | / |
| Vovas | 67 | 25 | / |
| Vhova | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wouwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wowat | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vaway | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vawai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vovau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vovea | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vawga | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boywa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fowaa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wowna | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vuova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vobha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vovoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fowaj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fowap | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vawaz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vowey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vovha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Votva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vowos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vovai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vo'ua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vobai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vawua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vobaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Favoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vowho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vowa
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