Owap Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Owap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Owap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owap is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owap? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owap is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Owap occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Owap live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 88 percent are found and Western, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Owap occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 11 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
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- 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 Owap
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