Owala Surname
Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname
Owala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 922 | 1:50,087 | 5,101 |
| Uganda | 163 | 1:239,505 | 18,058 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Owala (123) may also be a first name.
Owala Demographics
Owala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owala occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 273,764th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,132,075 people. Owala occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Owala are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 840,349th most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 123 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 922 people, or 1 in 50,087. In Kenya it is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 32 percent live, Migori County, where 25 percent live and Kisumu County, where 12 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Owala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owala
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