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
Owein is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owein? popularity and diffusion
Owein is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Owein occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owein are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owein is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 16 people.
Owein is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most prevalent 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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