Owanta Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Owanta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Owanta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owanta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owanta is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owanta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Owanta reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 58 percent reside, Delta, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Owanta occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 13 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwanta | 83 | 137 | / |
| Owonta | 83 | 121 | / |
| Awanta | 83 | 54 | / |
| Ewanta | 83 | 14 | / |
| Obanta | 83 | 11 | / |
| Owante | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ovanta | 83 | 4 | / |
| Owanti | 83 | 4 | / |
| Owenta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awantha | 77 | 9 | / |
| Hovanta | 77 | 8 | / |
| Hewanta | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oswanti | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awhanta | 77 | 3 | / |
| Awwanta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gawanta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obantay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oubanta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawantha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Govantha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awwantta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awanto | 67 | 305 | / |
| Awanti | 67 | 227 | / |
| Owonte | 67 | 109 | / |
| Abonta | 67 | 85 | / |
| Evanta | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ovante | 67 | 39 | / |
| Aventa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Abanta | 67 | 17 | / |
| Avanta | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ewanto | 67 | 15 | / |
| Obante | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uwanto | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awanty | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovanto | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uwanti | 67 | 3 | / |
| Avonta | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awonta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ubanta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owento | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovonta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awante | 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
- 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 Owanta
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