Owahab Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Owahab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owahab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1321:5,811,101137,947
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324

Owahab (437) may also be a first name.

Owahab Last Name Facts

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

Owahab (Oriya: ଓାହାବ) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owahab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,527,735th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Owahab occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Owahab reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Owahab is also the 410,164th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 437 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 5,811,101. In India Owahab is mostly found in: Assam, where 78 percent reside, West Bengal, where 21 percent reside and Odisha, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India it exists in one country. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owhab9131/
Awahab835,758/
Owhaib834/
Owab8023/
Hawahab7736/
Aswahab771/
Awaahab771/
Awaab73281/
Abhab734/
Owaib733/
Obaab732/
Ouwab732/
Awhab732/
Howab731/
Ahuab731/
Owhap731/
Ahvab731/
Avhab731/
Ovhab731/
Aouhab67172/
Avahab677/
Ouhbab674/
Ahavab674/
Awahap672/
Ahawab671/
Achuab671/
Ohwabd671/
Awgaab671/
Abhaab671/
Hawaab671/
Ochwab670/

Owahab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Owahab in the Oriya language
ଓାହାବoahaba-

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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 Owahab
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