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
Owah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 226,326th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,062,177 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owah is also the 797,647th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 135 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,446 people, or 1 in 122,505. In Nigeria Owah is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 30 percent reside, Edo, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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