Owaya Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Owaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Owaya (19) may also be a first name.
Owaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owaya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owaya is the 2,352,516th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Owaya live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 42 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Owaya is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 19 people.
The last name Owaya is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 18 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 Owaya
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