Zowam Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Zowam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zowam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zowam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zowam occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zowam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Zowam is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Zowam reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Zowam is most numerous in: Osun, where 40 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 percent live and Libya, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zawam | 80 | 606 | / |
| Sowam | 80 | 30 | / |
| Zewam | 80 | 21 | / |
| Cowam | 80 | 5 | / |
| Zobam | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zuwam | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zowan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cowham | 73 | 423 | / |
| Zowain | 73 | 44 | / |
| Sowwam | 73 | 31 | / |
| Showam | 73 | 19 | / |
| Zowane | 73 | 4 | / |
| Zawwam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Zawaam | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zovaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zouwan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zohwan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zuowan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sowaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zoobam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zoubam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zowand | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chowam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Showwam | 67 | 26 | / |
| Zouwang | 67 | 25 | / |
| Showham | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zhuowan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zhouwan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Showame | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chowham | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chouwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zowaine | 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 Zowam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis