Owee Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Owee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda741:527,55829,544
Kenya611:757,04831,106
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
England11:55,718,059489,080

Owee (94) may also be a first name.

Owee Last Name Facts

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

Owee is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owee? popularity and diffusion

The surname Owee is the 1,267,784th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Owee reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owee is also the 980,251st most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 94 people.

The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 527,558. In Uganda Owee is primarily found in: Apac District, where 50 percent live, Alebtong District, where 20 percent live and Kole District, where 18 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 34 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.

Owee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oweye89232/
Oweae8925/
Howee896/
Oweed894/
Oweje893/
Oywee893/
Oweie892/
Oweeh891/
Oweet891/
Ohwee891/
Owe862,145/
Ooweye805/
O'Weed802/
Osweed801/
Oweesh801/
Howeye800/
Howe75108,953/
Owie756,353/
Owei753,144/
Owhe752,000/
Oweh751,754/
Ovee751,359/
Obee751,119/
Oyee75773/
Awee75340/
Ouwe75307/
Ojee75160/
Ohwe75100/
Ewee7540/
Owey7522/
Ojwe7522/
Owue755/
Oiwe755/
Oweu754/
Uwee753/
Owwe753/
Oywe752/
Owje752/
Oowe751/
Owea751/
Oiee751/
Oeie751/
Oeue751/
Oewe751/
Howeihe7348/
Howeyhe734/
Ojwuehe731/
Oe6735,644/
Ee6718,364/
Howie6716,832/
Howey675,026/
Hoeve671,921/
Ouehe67679/
Houee67490/
Aweye67324/
Goyee67276/
Oyeet67129/
Gohwe67125/
Hoyee6787/
Houwe6767/
Hovee6750/
Ojehe6748/
Hooee6743/
Owetz6734/
Hoewe6729/
Gojee6727/
Hawee6727/
Howei6726/
Howue6723/
Oye'e6721/
Ojwer6721/
Aewee6718/
Oweih678/
Auwee676/
Aweae676/
Ouwei676/
Howea675/
Hobee675/
Owije675/
Oibee674/
Owoey674/
O'Yee674/
O'Hee674/
Ouyee674/
Hoowe673/
Uweeh673/
Owhes673/
Owehs672/
Howeh672/
Uweep672/
Govee672/
Owhie672/
Owher672/
Owieh672/
Oyees672/
Oyeee672/
Oswei672/
Aweeh672/
Oyehe672/
Huwee672/
Ouswe671/
Oveed671/
Oweaz671/
Oowey671/
Howeu671/
Hohwe671/
Gowwe671/
Oswhe671/
Ouwge671/
Aweea671/
Owuhe671/
Aweie671/
Ooweh671/
Oshwe671/
Hewee671/
Ouhwe671/
Ouweu671/
Owejs671/
Owgeh671/
O'Wei671/
Yojee671/
Goowe671/
Aweee671/
Owedh671/
Obeey671/
Oojee671/
Ouuee671/
Ouweh671/
Ouywe671/
Oweph671/
Owwge671/
Owedd671/
Oveer671/
Oowei671/
Hhowe670/
Hoeje670/
Gowge670/

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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 Owee
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