Omowa Surname
Approximately 1,218 people bear this surname
Omowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,197 | 1:147,989 | 9,401 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Omowa (92) may also be a first name.
Omowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omowa occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Omowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 309,548th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,983,207 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Omowa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omowa is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 92 people.
Omowa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,197 people, or 1 in 147,989. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 51 percent live, Edo, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Omowa
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