Walowe Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Walowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 265 | 1:174,264 | 13,206 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Walowe (136) may also be a first name.
Walowe Demographics
Walowe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Walowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walowe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walowe? popularity and diffusion
Walowe is the 973,426th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name Walowe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Walowe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most common first name world-wide It is held by 136 people.
Walowe is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 174,264. In Kenya Walowe is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 58 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 41 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Walowe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Walowe last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Walowe
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