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 surname Owala is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Owala.
How Common Is The Last Name Owala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,764th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,132,075 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Owala live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owala is also the 840,349th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 123 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 922 people, or 1 in 50,087. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 32 percent reside, Migori County, where 25 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Kenya Owala is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
Owala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally 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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