Owasoyo Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Owasoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Owasoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owasoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owasoyo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owasoyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,967,751st most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owasoyo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Owasoyo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 40 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Edo, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owashoyo | 93 | 10 | / |
| Owasayo | 86 | 71 | / |
| Obasoyo | 86 | 46 | / |
| Owasoyi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owashayo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owoeyo | 77 | 23 | / |
| Owoayo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Owaoyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owasye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owaseye | 71 | 466 | / |
| Owaseyi | 71 | 56 | / |
| Obasiyo | 71 | 18 | / |
| Obasoye | 71 | 11 | / |
| Obasoya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Owosayo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Obasojo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owasujo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owatoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obasuyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Owasaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owaseya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abasoyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaseyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obasayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awasayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owosoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owasheye | 67 | 37 | / |
| Owoey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obasohye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouwaisou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owaey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owaissey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Auwasoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owasogie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owachoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuhaoye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Owasoyo
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