Owase Surname
Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname
Owase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 940 | 1:136,005 | 7,199 |
| Kenya | 141 | 1:327,517 | 20,034 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owase (25) may also be a first name.
Owase Demographics
Owase Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owase has its highest incidence in Japan. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Owase.
How Common Is The Last Name Owase? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 305,423rd most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,881,797 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Owase are found; 76 percent are found in East Asia and 76 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Owase is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 25 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 940 people, or 1 in 136,005. In Japan Owase is primarily concentrated in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 39 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Owase Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Owase surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owase
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