Wowoe Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Wowoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 45 | 1:97,967 | 7,863 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Wowoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wowoe has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wowoe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowoe? popularity and diffusion
Wowoe is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wowoe live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 97,967. In Liberia it is most common in: Lofa County, where 67 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 29 percent are found and Margibi County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Liberia Wowoe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Wowoe
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