Owanyi Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Owanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
Owanyi (92) may also be a first name.
Owanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owanyi occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Owanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Owanyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Owanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owanyi are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 92 people.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 673,091. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Ngora District, where 59 percent reside, Serere District, where 36 percent reside and Kaberamaido District, where 2 percent reside. Barring Uganda Owanyi is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 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 Owanyi
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