Zowale Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Zowale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Zowale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zowale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zowale is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zowale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Zowale reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,774,710. In The Ivory Coast Zowale is most prevalent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 85 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast Zowale is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Zowale
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