Owayed Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Owayed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owayed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owayed (294) may also be a first name.

Owayed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owayed has its highest incidence in Kuwait. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Owayed? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 76 percent of Owayed are found; 73 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Owayed is also the 514,566th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 294 people.

The last name Owayed is most common in Kuwait, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 131,058. Other than Kuwait this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and Egypt, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowayed921,033/
Owayedh921/
Owyed9115/
Obayed832,168/
Owayet8367/
Awayed8315/
Owaied838/
Ewayed836/
Owajed831/
Gowaied77122/
Owauied776/
Oubayed771/
Oweid734,857/
Owaid73106/
Obayd7318/
Oweed734/
Owyet731/
Ovaed731/
Gowied67339/
Obaied6760/
Howaid6711/
Gowaid6710/
Abayed679/
Awaied675/
Owajid673/
Obeyed672/
Aweyed672/
O'Weed672/
O'Waid671/
Ouwaid671/
Ubayed671/
Owayat671/
Oweyad671/
Owhied671/
Owaidh671/
Ewayad671/
Awayid671/
Uwyyed671/
Oweidh671/
Howeid671/
Uwayid671/
Howoyd671/
Awwaed671/
Howaud670/
Hawayd670/

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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 Owayed
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