Owela Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Owela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Owela (11) may also be a first name.
Owela Demographics
Owela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owela is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owela? popularity and diffusion
Owela is the 2,909,720th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owela are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Owela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owela
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