Owane Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Owane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Owane (25) may also be a first name.
Owane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owane has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owane is the 1,181,191st most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Owane live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owane is also the 2,136,160th most common first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.
The surname Owane is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 577,249. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisumu County, where 85 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 11 percent live and Busia County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Owane exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 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 Owane
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