Owany Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Owany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Owany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owany is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owany? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Owany occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owany live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda Owany is primarily concentrated in: Kole District, where 92 percent reside, Amuria District, where 3 percent reside and Kampala District, where 3 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Owany
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