Owalo Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Owalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 107 | 1:431,588 | 23,328 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owalo (38) may also be a first name.
Owalo Demographics
Owalo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owalo is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owalo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,185,157th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. Owalo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owalo live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owalo is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 38 people.
Owalo is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 431,588. In Kenya Owalo is most frequent in: Siaya County, where 72 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 8 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
Owalo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Owalo surname 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
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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 Owalo
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