Wowoah Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Wowoah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 235 | 1:18,760 | 1,906 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wowoah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowoah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wowoah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowoah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,052,587th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wowoah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 18,760. In Liberia Wowoah is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 82 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 9 percent are found and Margibi County, where 6 percent are found. Beside Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 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 Wowoah
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