Owegie Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Owegie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Owegie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owegie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owegie is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owegie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owegie live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Owegie is most prevalent in: Edo, where 91 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, 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 Owegie
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