Owallah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Owallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owallah is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Owallah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owallah? popularity and diffusion
Owallah is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Owallah is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Owallah reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Owallah is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 80 percent live and Migori County, where 20 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
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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 Owallah
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