Owais Surname
Approximately 12,182 people bear this surname
Owais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 7,353 | 1:24,295 | 1,298 |
| Egypt | 1,647 | 1:55,820 | 5,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,511 | 1:20,421 | 2,846 |
| United Arab Emirates | 660 | 1:13,882 | 1,708 |
| India | 500 | 1:1,534,131 | 57,317 |
| United States | 117 | 1:3,097,940 | 179,693 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Afghanistan | 58 | 1:554,365 | 6,714 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Jordan | 40 | 1:221,061 | 9,827 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Owais (17,528) may also be a first name.
Owais Demographics
Average Owais Salary in
United States
$53,599 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Owais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owais (Arabic: العويس, Hindi: उवैस, Marathi: ओवैस, Oriya: ଅେୱସ୍) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owais? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,740th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 598,222 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Owais live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 41,600th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 17,528 people.
Owais is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 7,353 people, or 1 in 24,295. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 71 percent are found, Punjab, where 18 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan Owais is found in 36 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 14 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent are found.
Owais Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Owais last name are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.
The amount Owais earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 24.22% more than the national average, earning $53,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.33% less than the national average, earning $42,564 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Owais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Owais in the Marathi language | ||
| ओवैस | ovaisa | 82.61 |
| ओवाइस | ova'isa | 4.35 |
| अनीस | anisa | 4.35 |
| ओवैश | ovaisa | 4.35 |
| ओवाईस | ova'isa | 4.35 |
| Owais in the Hindi language | ||
| उवैस | uvaisa | 58.25 |
| ओवैस | ovaisa | 17.48 |
| ओवेस | ovesa | 9.71 |
| उवैश | uvaisa | 4.85 |
| उबैस | ubaisa | 2.91 |
| वैस | vaisa | 1.94 |
| ओवैश | ovaisa | 1.94 |
| ओबैस | obaisa | 0.97 |
| उचैस | ucaisa | 0.97 |
| उबैश | ubaisa | 0.97 |
| Owais in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେୱସ୍ | aewas | 33.33 |
| ୱାଇଶ | wa'isa | 33.33 |
| ଓକ଼୍ାଇସ | oqa'isa | 33.33 |
| Owais in the Arabic language | ||
| العويس | alwys | - |
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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 Owais
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