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 more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Owaji.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owaji is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Owaji is mostly found 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. Owaji is also the 1,134,117th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 73 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 808,237. In Iran Owaji is mostly concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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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