Oow Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Oow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Oow (35) may also be a first name.

Oow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oow is found most frequently in Egypt. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Oow live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 20 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 35 people.

The surname Oow is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 91,935,754. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent are found and Malaysia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoow867/
Oojw862/
Ooww861/
Oowh861/
Oowf861/
Oowe861/
Ow807,308/
Ovowa7549/
Ofowa753/
Hoowe753/
How6721,448/
Owa678,315/
Owe672,145/
Oof67383/
Owf67311/
Ouw67142/
Owh6748/
Oob6713/
Ohw6713/
Oew6712/
Oyw677/
Oiw677/
Uow677/
Oov676/
Owt675/
Oww673/
Ovw673/
Ojw673/

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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 Oow
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