Wowra Surname

320,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Wowra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wowra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland9161:41,4946,496
Germany1951:412,84937,725
Czechia201:531,67354,411
United States191:19,076,786604,894
England121:4,643,172139,951
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Wowra Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wowra Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wowra is most common in Poland. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wowra? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 320,056th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,239,337 people. The last name Wowra occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wowra are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Poland, where it is borne by 916 people, or 1 in 41,494. Beside Poland it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 17 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Wowra Last Name Statistics demography

Wowra earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.31% more than the national average, earning $57,521 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wawra801,218/
Wowro80204/
Wewra80187/
Wowry8078/
Wáwra804/
Wowre801/
Bowrah7334/
Wowros7317/
Wawras735/
Bowrai732/
Woiwre731/
Wawray731/
Wawracz6733/
Wawrach6715/
Wowrosz6713/
Wawreau671/

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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 Wowra
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