Owakah Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Owakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owakah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owakah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,133,308th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name Owakah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owakah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 96 percent reside, Lagos, where 2 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owaka | 91 | 1,591 | / |
| Ojwaka | 83 | 80 | / |
| Owuaka | 83 | 43 | / |
| Owakai | 83 | 27 | / |
| Awakah | 83 | 9 | / |
| Obakah | 83 | 3 | / |
| Oweaka | 83 | 3 | / |
| Owakha | 83 | 3 | / |
| Howaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owokah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owakho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oywaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oswaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ohwaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ojwacka | 77 | 5 | / |
| Awakaah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oohwaka | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gowacka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ochwaka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hovakah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oweka | 73 | 5,667 | / |
| Ewaka | 73 | 821 | / |
| Awaka | 73 | 751 | / |
| Owoka | 73 | 349 | / |
| Owako | 73 | 186 | / |
| Owaca | 73 | 171 | / |
| Ovaka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Howaykoh | 71 | 14 | / |
| Hobhakah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goiwakai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ouwwayka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ovaska | 67 | 1,449 | / |
| Ohwoka | 67 | 264 | / |
| Owhoka | 67 | 151 | / |
| Hawaka | 67 | 110 | / |
| Oweika | 67 | 81 | / |
| Oywako | 67 | 75 | / |
| Owueka | 67 | 64 | / |
| Awakai | 67 | 47 | / |
| Howako | 67 | 44 | / |
| Ewakea | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ohwako | 67 | 23 | / |
| Owooka | 67 | 22 | / |
| Awayka | 67 | 11 | / |
| Owoeka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ovadka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Owokho | 67 | 8 | / |
| Govaka | 67 | 7 | / |
| Avakah | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oweeka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awuaka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hovaka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Owocka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Obeaka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oswoka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Obokah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obagka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oyweka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ewauka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awakoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Howeka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owekaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awaaka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awauka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awakay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awaika | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ewacka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owacca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owajko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovaika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owokoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owheka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweuka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awakha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovatka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owakoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owekka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awakea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awacka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owacko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avokah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hewaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obahka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouvaka | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owakah
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