Owachu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Owachu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Owachu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owachu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owachu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owachu? popularity and diffusion
Owachu is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owachu reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Owachu is primarily found in: Edo, where 75 percent reside, Kogi, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owachgu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Owuachu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ewachu | 83 | 37 | / |
| Awachu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Owechu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Obachu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Owochu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owashu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uwachu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owaciu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awaichu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Awachui | 77 | 11 | / |
| Owoichu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Awaechu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Awatchu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uwatchu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owazu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Owaju | 73 | 7 | / |
| Owasu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Awacu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awatchou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hobachou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oubachou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaciu | 67 | 428 | / |
| Awashu | 67 | 298 | / |
| Ewechu | 67 | 191 | / |
| Abachu | 67 | 132 | / |
| Ubachu | 67 | 37 | / |
| Howazu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ewochu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Owuasu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obochu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Avechu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oubaychou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Evachu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owassu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obashu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweazu | 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
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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 Owachu
- 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