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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 141,689th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,317,922 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owei reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owei is also the 204,195th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 1,458 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,035 people, or 1 in 58,367. In Nigeria Owei is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 79 percent are found, Delta, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Owei is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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