Owava Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Owava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Owava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owava is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Owava reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Owava is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Owava is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 50 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Owava
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