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
Zowah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zowah.
How Common Is The Last Name Zowah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 713,660th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. Zowah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zowah reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Zowah is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 13,995. In Liberia Zowah is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 42 percent live, Montserrado County, where 29 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 16 percent live. Aside from Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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