Zowah Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Zowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 315 | 1:13,995 | 1,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 93 | 1:166,003 | 20,492 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Zowah (20) may also be a first name.
Zowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zowah is most common in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zowah? popularity and diffusion
Zowah is the 713,660th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zowah live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Zowah is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name globally, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 13,995. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 42 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 29 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoewah | 91 | 9 | / |
| Dzowah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Zowa | 89 | 2,207 | / |
| Zoeweah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dzowa | 80 | 1,670 | / |
| Zoway | 80 | 169 | / |
| Zawah | 80 | 132 | / |
| Zhowa | 80 | 49 | / |
| Zouwa | 80 | 25 | / |
| Zohwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Zovah | 80 | 11 | / |
| Zoowa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Zewah | 80 | 8 | / |
| Cowah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zowha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zowai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zowea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zoevah | 73 | 62 | / |
| Zoeway | 73 | 39 | / |
| Dzouwa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Zouwai | 73 | 13 | / |
| Zouway | 73 | 11 | / |
| Zhovah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Zahwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zhowau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zhuowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzawah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zaawah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zawayh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zhohwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zawa | 67 | 2,950 | / |
| Zewa | 67 | 846 | / |
| Cowa | 67 | 412 | / |
| Zova | 67 | 318 | / |
| Zowo | 67 | 76 | / |
| Dzouwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zawwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zowah
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