Owanaba Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Owanaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owanaba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Owanaba (68) may also be a first name.

Owanaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owanaba is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owanaba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Owanaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owanaba reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 68 people.

The surname Owanaba is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obanaba867/
Owanabe861/
Owonaba861/
Owangabi801/
Ovanabhai751/
Awanabi71303/
Abanaba71133/
Awanabo7163/
Govanabhai7136/
Uwanabi7136/
Uwanabo7131/
Ubanaba7124/
Owonabi7113/
Owenabo714/
Uwanabe711/
Obanabo711/
Goivanabhai677/
Evanabai671/
Awennaba671/
Uvanabah671/
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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 Owanaba
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