Owajoba Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owajoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owajoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3571:496,19824,800
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owajoba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owajoba is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owajoba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 788,513th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname Owajoba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owajoba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria Owajoba is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 64 percent reside, Ondo, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awajoba865/
Owojoba863/
Owajiba862/
Owajobi861/
Owoiba7781/
Ovaoba7713/
Owaiba7710/
Owouba775/
Obajobi71384/
Awojoba71109/
Owojobi7132/
Awajobo7124/
Uwajiba718/
Awajuba712/
Owasaba711/
Uwajuba711/
Uwajiuba676/
Owaisaba671/

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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 Owajoba
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