Oweifie Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oweifie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oweifie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2001:885,71438,609
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Oweifie (20) may also be a first name.

Oweifie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oweifie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Oweifie occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oweifie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oweifie is the 1,155,901st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Oweifie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oweifie live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oweifie is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.

The surname Oweifie is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 68 percent are found, Delta, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Oweifie exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owefie9251/
Oweife929/
Oeifie921/
Owoifie8613/
Obeifie861/
Oweiefe861/
Owiefie861/
Owefe8320/
Owife831/
Oweifa77680/
Owoefe7724/
Owhefe7711/
Aweifi775/
Eweife772/
Owoefi772/
Owoife771/
Ohwefe771/
Howifi771/
Ojeifi771/
Howife770/
Oueifio7118/
Goweffe711/
Obefe6744/
Owefa6714/
Ouifi677/
Obife674/
Aeife673/
Awefe672/
Owifa672/
Eaife671/
Aeifi671/
Awifi671/
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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 Oweifie
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