Owasi Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Owasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 200 | 1:103,845 | 12,227 |
| Nigeria | 197 | 1:899,202 | 39,032 |
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| Pakistan | 49 | 1:3,645,794 | 27,204 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Owasi (70) may also be a first name.
Owasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owasi occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 564,325th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Owasi reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Owasi is also the 1,162,016th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 70 people.
The last name Owasi is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 103,845. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 1 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Owasi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis