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 is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 273,764th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,132,075 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Owala reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 123 people.
The surname Owala is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 922 people, or 1 in 50,087. In Kenya Owala is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 32 percent live, Migori County, where 25 percent live and Kisumu County, where 12 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Owala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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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