Owadayo Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owadayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owadayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3061:578,89827,971
England131:4,286,005132,302
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Owadayo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owadayo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owadayo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owadayo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owadayo is the 846,108th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. Owadayo is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Owadayo reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 578,898. In Nigeria Owadayo is most frequent in: Ondo, where 78 percent live, Ekiti, where 8 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obadayo868/
Owodayo865/
Owadaye861/
Owadayi861/
Awadhayo801/
Awaday7727/
Obaday773/
Obadaye71252/
Obadaya71106/
Govaday7123/
Owaidou7117/
Owadoye7114/
Owuadey7111/
Awadaya719/
Awodayo717/
Owadiya714/
Owadejo714/
Ewedayo714/
Awadaye713/
Awadiyo712/
Abodayo711/
Ovadaya711/
Gawaday711/
Owodayi711/
Abadayo711/
Obodayo711/
Awadayi711/
Uwadhay711/
Ouwadou711/
Owadija711/
Goivaday6799/
Owadeyah673/
Awahaday671/
Hawadaya671/
Obadhaya671/

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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 Owadayo
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