Owabo Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Owabo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owabo (16) may also be a first name.
Owabo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owabo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owabo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owabo? popularity and diffusion
Owabo is the 2,718,172nd most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owabo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owabo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Owabo is most frequent in: Delta, where 54 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 32 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owaibo | 91 | 8 | / |
| Oiwabo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Owaboi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owabho | 91 | 1 | / |
| Howabou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owobo | 80 | 390 | / |
| Ewabo | 80 | 90 | / |
| Owaba | 80 | 45 | / |
| Awabo | 80 | 31 | / |
| Uwabo | 80 | 26 | / |
| Obabo | 80 | 23 | / |
| Owebo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Ovabo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owavo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oweibo | 73 | 535 | / |
| Owhebo | 73 | 72 | / |
| Obaibo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Awaibo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Owaiba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ojuabo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Obaboh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obaabo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Awabou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owoebo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obeabo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owuobo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owoboh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owoubo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owuebo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoibo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwaboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awabho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obaboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowaba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osuabo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwahabou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owheboh | 67 | 17 | / |
| Oweiboh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Awaboth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awaboot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhoubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwauboa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohweboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweibos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awhabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awatboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hawabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hawaboo | 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 Owabo
- 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