Omuah Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Omuah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 209 | 1:847,573 | 37,299 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Omuah (47) may also be a first name.
Omuah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omuah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omuah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omuah? popularity and diffusion
Omuah is the 1,144,405th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omuah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omuah is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 47 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 847,573. In Nigeria Omuah is mostly found in: Delta, where 74 percent reside, Benue, where 7 percent reside and Edo, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 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 Omuah
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