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
The surname Owap occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owap? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owap is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Owap reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 89 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Owap is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Owap is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 88 percent are found and Western, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found 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
- 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 Owap
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