Owate Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Owate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 454 | 1:390,182 | 20,575 |
| Kenya | 177 | 1:260,903 | 17,444 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Owate (150) may also be a first name.
Owate Demographics
Owate Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owate occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owate? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 498,439th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owate reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 752,187th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 150 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 454 people, or 1 in 390,182. In Nigeria Owate is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 45 percent reside, Ondo, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Owate Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Owate earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.78% less than the national average, earning $20,808 USD per year.
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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 Owate
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