Owaret Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Owaret Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owaret Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya731:632,60128,796
Uganda351:1,115,40846,348

Owaret Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owaret Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owaret occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Owaret? popularity and diffusion

Owaret is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owaret live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Owaret is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 632,601. In Kenya Owaret is most frequent in: Busia County, where 99 percent live and Kiambu County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent live.

Owaret Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Owaret last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owarete9210/
Owuaret921/
Howaret920/
Oworet832/
Ewaret831/
Obaret831/
Ovarest7714/
Ovarett7713/
Howared779/
Gowarit775/
Awareth771/
Awauret771/
Howeret771/
Hobaret770/
Gowarhit711/
Ovarriet711/
Ohworete711/
Aworet671,477/
Averet679/
Ohuarriet678/
Evaret678/
Aboret676/
Abaret673/
Eworet671/
Avaret671/
O'Barrett671/
Awarit671/
Overet670/
Evoret670/

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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 Owaret
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