Zowonu Surname

257,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Zowonu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zowonu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,5241:17,7302,249
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zowonu Last Name Facts

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

Zowonu occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zowonu? popularity and diffusion

Zowonu is the 257,677th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname Zowonu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zowonu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,524 people, or 1 in 17,730. Without taking into account Ghana this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zowonou922/
Sowonu832/
Jowonu831/
Zowonoo77420/
Zouwanou712/
Souwonou711/
Sewonu671,061/
Sowanu6710/
Jowanu678/
Suwonu677/
Zawenu671/
Sowenu671/

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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
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  • 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 Zowonu
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