Owein Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Owein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Owein (16) may also be a first name.
Owein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owein is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owein? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owein is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owein live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 16 people.
Owein is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Owein is most common in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent live and Kogi, where 13 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 Owein
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