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
The last name Wowe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wowe is the 228,032nd most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 4,098,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wowe reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wowe is also the 183,899th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,739 people.
The last name Wowe is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,640 people, or 1 in 12,664. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 53 percent are found, North Region, where 23 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Wowe occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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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