Owari Surname
Approximately 2,603 people bear this surname
Owari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,165 | 1:59,050 | 4,459 |
| India | 191 | 1:4,016,049 | 108,912 |
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Owari (157) may also be a first name.
Owari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owari occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owari? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owari is the 166,294th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,799,672 people. The surname Owari occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Owari live; 83 percent live in East Asia and 83 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Owari is also the 732,696th most common first name in the world, held by 157 people.
The surname Owari is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 2,165 people, or 1 in 59,050. In Japan Owari is most frequent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 15 percent are found, Chiba Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 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 Owari
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