Owachira Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Owachira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owachira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4121:94,7569,684
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owachira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owachira is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owachira? popularity and diffusion

Owachira is the 709,895th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The last name Owachira occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owachira are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 412 people, or 1 in 94,756. In Uganda it is most common in: Zombo District, where 54 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 21 percent are found and Masindi District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owachiraa941/
Owacira93382/
Uwachira8820/
Awachira884/
Owochira881/
Owakhira881/
Owaicira881/
Awacira809/
Owasira802/
Owacyra801/
Owakira801/
Owacera801/
Awachiri751/
Awachirou711/
Owakiro6716/
Awazira6713/
Awatchirou671/
Awagira671/

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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 Owachira
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