Owedo Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Owedo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 134 | 1:77,131 | 9,191 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Owedo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owedo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owedo occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owedo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,484,726th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owedo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Owedo is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 77,131. In Benin Owedo is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 84 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 7 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Benin it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Owedo
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