Owah Surname
Approximately 1,794 people bear this surname
Owah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,446 | 1:122,505 | 8,057 |
| Liberia | 241 | 1:18,293 | 1,861 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Owah (135) may also be a first name.
Owah Demographics
Average Owah Salary in
United States
$29,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Owah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 226,326th most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,062,177 people. Owah is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owah is also the 797,647th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 135 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,446 people, or 1 in 122,505. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 30 percent are found, Edo, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Owah Last Name Statistics demography
Owah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.
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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 Owah
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