Wowa Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Wowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Indonesia | 295 | 1:448,302 | 37,326 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wowa (1,004) may also be a first name.
Wowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wowa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 380,576th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Wowa are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wowa is also the 253,918th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 1,004 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wowah | 89 | 664 | / |
| Woiwa | 89 | 110 | / |
| Wowai | 89 | 26 | / |
| Wouwa | 89 | 23 | / |
| Wowat | 89 | 15 | / |
| Wowna | 89 | 6 | / |
| Woowa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Woswa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hwowa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wowoa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wowha | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woway | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wowaa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wowau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wow | 86 | 264 | / |
| Whowha | 80 | 20 | / |
| Woowat | 80 | 9 | / |
| Woywat | 80 | 9 | / |
| Woywad | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wouwai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bowowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hwohwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wojwad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wowais | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wouwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wohwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woowas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woiwai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wowo | 75 | 59,666 | / |
| Wouw | 75 | 714 | / |
| Fowa | 75 | 478 | / |
| Woow | 75 | 363 | / |
| Wova | 75 | 105 | / |
| Vowa | 75 | 45 | / |
| Uowa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wuow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wgow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woiw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wovw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wowp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woww | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wwab | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woywadt | 73 | 26 | / |
| Woshwas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ww | 67 | 717 | / |
| Wowei | 67 | 70 | / |
| Wowoi | 67 | 47 | / |
| Wowoh | 67 | 46 | / |
| Wuoba | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wowou | 67 | 41 | / |
| Vowah | 67 | 30 | / |
| Woiva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wovas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boywa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Voswa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Woiwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wouwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vsowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wovat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wowuo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wovah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vowat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vowaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wovea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wobaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wowho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vowas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wowa
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