Owekha Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Owekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Owekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owekha is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owekha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Owekha is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Owekha are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 78 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent reside and Ogun, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Owekha occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Owekha
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