Owande Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Owande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 313 | 1:147,540 | 11,776 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Owande (17) may also be a first name.
Owande Demographics
Owande Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owande Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owande (Marathi: ओवांडे) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owande? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owande is the 853,416th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owande are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owande is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 17 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 313 people, or 1 in 147,540. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 62 percent live, Kisumu County, where 22 percent live and Migori County, where 16 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Owande Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Owande surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Owande Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Owande in the Marathi language | ||
| ओवांडे | ovande | - |
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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 Owande
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