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
Owanyi occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owanyi? popularity and diffusion
Owanyi is the 2,255,512th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owanyi reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Owanyi is also the 992,070th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 92 people.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 673,091. In Uganda Owanyi is mostly found in: Ngora District, where 59 percent are found, Serere District, where 36 percent are found and Kaberamaido District, where 2 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found.
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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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