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 last name Owegie has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Owegie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owegie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. Owegie occurs predominantly 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 prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Owegie is most frequent in: Edo, where 91 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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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