Owalsky Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Owalsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owalsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owalsky Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owalsky Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Owalsky is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owalsky? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Owalsky is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Owalsky reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Owalsky is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Owalsky is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 86 percent reside and Limpopo, where 14 percent reside. Not including South Africa Owalsky is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Owalsky
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