Owae Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Owae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
Owae (14) may also be a first name.
Owae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owae is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owae? popularity and diffusion
Owae is the 3,055,934th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Owae live; 41 percent live in Oceania Islands and 41 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 71 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent are found and Gulf, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Uganda, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oweae | 89 | 25 | / |
| Owaea | 89 | 13 | / |
| Ouwae | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ojwae | 89 | 2 | / |
| Owaey | 89 | 1 | / |
| Howaes | 80 | 281 | / |
| Owaiye | 80 | 245 | / |
| Owajie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ouwahe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awae | 75 | 8,605 | / |
| Ewae | 75 | 51 | / |
| Owoe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Oweu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ovae | 75 | 3 | / |
| Houwaer | 73 | 121 | / |
| Owaaiye | 73 | 4 | / |
| Howaess | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwaesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawae | 67 | 1,489 | / |
| Awaeh | 67 | 166 | / |
| Ovaez | 67 | 72 | / |
| Awahe | 67 | 53 | / |
| Awaea | 67 | 29 | / |
| Eweae | 67 | 16 | / |
| Awa'e | 67 | 12 | / |
| Oweai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Owoua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aewae | 67 | 7 | / |
| Awaee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aweae | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awaer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ewahe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owoey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovaea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awaey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owohe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovaed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Govae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oobae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obaeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovaee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obaea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewaeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovaey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owae
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