Oweifie Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Oweifie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 200 | 1:885,714 | 38,609 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
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 is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweifie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,155,901st most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Oweifie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oweifie are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria Oweifie is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 68 percent are found, Delta, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owefie | 92 | 51 | / |
| Oweife | 92 | 9 | / |
| Oeifie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Owoifie | 86 | 13 | / |
| Obeifie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oweiefe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owiefie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owefe | 83 | 20 | / |
| Owife | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oweifa | 77 | 680 | / |
| Owoefe | 77 | 24 | / |
| Owhefe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Aweifi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Eweife | 77 | 2 | / |
| Owoefi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Owoife | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohwefe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Howifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ojeifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Howife | 77 | 0 | / |
| Oueifio | 71 | 18 | / |
| Goweffe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obefe | 67 | 44 | / |
| Owefa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ouifi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Obife | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aeife | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owifa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eaife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aeifi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awifi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awefi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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