Owaji Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Owaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 95 | 1:808,237 | 40,284 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Owaji (73) may also be a first name.
Owaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owaji is found most in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Owaji.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,478,479th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Owaji are found; 66 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 73 people.
The last name Owaji is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 808,237. In Iran Owaji is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Iran Owaji exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Owaji
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