Owek Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Owek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 205 | 1:190,436 | 15,550 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Owek (15) may also be a first name.
Owek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owek occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owek? popularity and diffusion
Owek is the 963,821st most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Owek are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 190,436. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Lira District, where 50 percent live, Kaberamaido District, where 13 percent live and Kole District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oywek | 89 | 370 | / |
| Oweke | 89 | 145 | / |
| Gowek | 89 | 19 | / |
| Howek | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oweek | 89 | 1 | / |
| Owiek | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oweik | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ouwek | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oek | 86 | 345 | / |
| Oweike | 80 | 58 | / |
| Owecke | 80 | 12 | / |
| Osweke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Osweek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owheke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oiwekk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Howeck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Awek | 75 | 382 | / |
| Uwek | 75 | 225 | / |
| Goek | 75 | 171 | / |
| Ojek | 75 | 168 | / |
| Oyek | 75 | 149 | / |
| Oeck | 75 | 49 | / |
| Ewek | 75 | 42 | / |
| Owik | 75 | 11 | / |
| Oegk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oiek | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oeqk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oweq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oekh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oekk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oehk | 75 | 0 | / |
| O'Weeks | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ochweik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hohweke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aweke | 67 | 34,397 | / |
| Oyeke | 67 | 245 | / |
| Govek | 67 | 200 | / |
| Hoyek | 67 | 126 | / |
| Hojek | 67 | 86 | / |
| Goeck | 67 | 86 | / |
| Uweke | 67 | 49 | / |
| Howeg | 67 | 44 | / |
| Oveke | 67 | 44 | / |
| Goyek | 67 | 39 | / |
| O'Yek | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ojwik | 67 | 26 | / |
| Eweck | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hawek | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ojiek | 67 | 10 | / |
| Awiek | 67 | 8 | / |
| Houek | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oueke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ojeck | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hovek | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oueck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hewek | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oveek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouiek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gojek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewekk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goegk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owejq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uowyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huwek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoekh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owek
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