Ohwesi Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Ohwesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Ohwesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ohwesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ohwesi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ohwesi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ohwesi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ohwesi reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 63 percent live, Osun, where 24 percent live and Ogun, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live.
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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 Ohwesi
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