Owegbe Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Owegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 184 | 1:962,732 | 41,060 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owegbe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owegbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owegbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,202,518th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Owegbe are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 962,732. In Nigeria Owegbe is most frequent in: Edo, where 50 percent reside, Delta, where 32 percent reside and Kaduna, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Owegbe
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