Owanja Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Owanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Owanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owanja is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owanja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Owanja reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Owanja is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Japan, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owandja | 92 | 561 | / |
| Ohwandja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owenja | 83 | 132 | / |
| Awanja | 83 | 14 | / |
| Obanja | 83 | 14 | / |
| Owanya | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ovanja | 83 | 10 | / |
| Owansa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Uwanja | 83 | 4 | / |
| Owanji | 83 | 3 | / |
| Owanza | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owonja | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owanjo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awandja | 77 | 224 | / |
| Owandjo | 77 | 144 | / |
| Ovandja | 77 | 89 | / |
| Owondja | 77 | 50 | / |
| Uwanjai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Owangia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gowansa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ojwanji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owoundja | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ohwandjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obanya | 67 | 1,070 | / |
| Obansa | 67 | 523 | / |
| Obania | 67 | 349 | / |
| Ovansa | 67 | 131 | / |
| Obanje | 67 | 126 | / |
| Abanja | 67 | 121 | / |
| Awanya | 67 | 117 | / |
| Ewanya | 67 | 78 | / |
| Ewania | 67 | 66 | / |
| Awania | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ewanjo | 67 | 48 | / |
| Awanza | 67 | 35 | / |
| Awanji | 67 | 34 | / |
| Awansa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Awanjo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Awagna | 67 | 11 | / |
| Obanza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ewonja | 67 | 9 | / |
| Owanyo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uwanya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ovanya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obanji | 67 | 7 | / |
| Obanjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uwanha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owonji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owanye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Avanja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owonje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwanji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owanzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awanje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awanha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abonja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovanjy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubanja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owanja
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