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 last name Owasi is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owasi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 564,325th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Owasi live; 36 percent live in Central Africa and 36 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Owasi is also the 1,162,016th most common first name worldwide, held by 70 people.
The last name Owasi is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 103,845. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 1 percent reside and South Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Owasi
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