Owazo Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Owazo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Owazo (10) may also be a first name.
Owazo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owazo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owazo is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Owazo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owazo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owazo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Owazo is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kamwenge District, where 41 percent reside, Rukungiri District, where 18 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 12 percent reside. Beside Uganda it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 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 Owazo
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