Owaye Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gabon

Owaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria941:1,884,49767,423
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
France21:33,211,361423,184

Owaye (44) may also be a first name.

Owaye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owaye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owaye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owaye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owaye is the 1,422,956th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owaye reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.

The last name Owaye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 1,884,497. In Nigeria Owaye is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 31 percent live, Edo, where 28 percent live and Benue, where 20 percent live. Barring Nigeria Owaye occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Gabon, where 3 percent live.

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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 Owaye
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