Owasa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Owasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Owasa (17) may also be a first name.
Owasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owasa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owasa live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,027,349. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Masindi District, where 50 percent are found, Arua District, where 24 percent are found and Hoima District, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Owasa
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