Owaboye Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Owaboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Owaboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owaboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owaboye is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Owaboye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaboye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,148,257th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owaboye reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 45 percent live, Oyo, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Owaboye occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Owaboye
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