Owans Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Owans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales241:65,3513,160
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

Owans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owans has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owans? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Owans live; 88 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States Owans is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 54 percent reside, Texas, where 31 percent reside and Oregon, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.

Owans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Owans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Owans last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Owans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Owans surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Owans are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Owans earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.42% less than the national average, earning $34,768 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owanse911/
Oweans911/
Howans910/
Gowanss831/
Howanse830/
Owens80265,822/
Ewans80305/
Ovans80185/
Obans8034/
Awans8012/
Owons801/
Govans73151/
Awanse7365/
Howens7361/
Gawans7312/
Owanze7310/
Owenss734/
Hewans733/
Oweens732/
Owenns732/
Owuams732/
Hovans732/
Hawans731/
Awains731/
Ohwens731/
Ewhans731/
Ovanse731/
Uwanse731/
Uwhans731/
Oowens731/
Obains731/
Oevans731/
Oweins730/
Awhanse67395/
Awansse679/
Ahwanse675/
Howance674/
Hawains674/
D'Owens673/
D'Awans672/
Owandje671/
Awahnse671/
Howenns671/

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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 Owans
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