Owei Surname
Approximately 3,144 people bear this surname
Owei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,035 | 1:58,367 | 4,380 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Owei (1,458) may also be a first name.
Owei Demographics
Average Owei Salary in
United States
$35,475 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Owei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owei is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Owei.
How Common Is The Last Name Owei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 141,689th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,317,922 people. The surname Owei is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owei are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 204,195th most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 1,458 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,035 people, or 1 in 58,367. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 79 percent live, Delta, where 7 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Owei Last Name Statistics demography
Owei earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.78% less than the national average, earning $35,475 USD per year.
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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 Owei
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