Wowe Surname
Approximately 1,778 people bear this surname
Wowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,640 | 1:12,664 | 1,706 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wowe (1,739) may also be a first name.
Wowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wowe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wowe is the 228,032nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,098,732 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wowe are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 24 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 183,899th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 1,739 people.
Wowe is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,640 people, or 1 in 12,664. In Cameroon Wowe is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 53 percent live, North Region, where 23 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Wowe
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