Opowu Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Opowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Opowu (18) may also be a first name.
Opowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opowu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opowu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Opowu is the 1,691,963rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Opowu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name on earth, held by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria Opowu is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 54 percent are found, Oyo, where 14 percent are found and Plateau, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Opowu
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