Owaye Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Owaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
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 surname Owaye occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Owaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owaye live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name Owaye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,884,497. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 31 percent reside, Edo, where 28 percent reside and Benue, where 20 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent reside and Gabon, where 3 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 Owaye
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