Omwah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Omwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Omwah (4) may also be a first name.
Omwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omwah is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Omwah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omwah is also the 6,192,526th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 4 people.
The surname Omwah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Omwah occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omwa | 89 | 684 | / |
| Homwach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amwah | 80 | 33 | / |
| Homwa | 80 | 14 | / |
| Omwai | 80 | 8 | / |
| Omway | 80 | 5 | / |
| Omwea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Omwaa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Omvah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omwoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omwua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amwaih | 73 | 267 | / |
| Hamwah | 73 | 245 | / |
| Houmwa | 73 | 87 | / |
| Hombah | 73 | 27 | / |
| Homway | 73 | 25 | / |
| Goumwa | 73 | 18 | / |
| Homwad | 73 | 17 | / |
| Gomway | 73 | 6 | / |
| Amwath | 73 | 2 | / |
| Osmuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gomwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omuhah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omwuho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oomwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omba | 67 | 46,931 | / |
| Omva | 67 | 525 | / |
| Omua | 67 | 473 | / |
| Amwa | 67 | 464 | / |
| Emwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Amwasht | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hamwach | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oymewai | 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 Omwah
- 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