Owele Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Owele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 224 | 1:790,816 | 35,405 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Owelé (1) are calculated separately.
Owele (69) may also be a first name.
Owele Demographics
Owele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owele occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Owelé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 591,720th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owele are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owele is also the 1,171,416th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 69 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 790,816. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 38 percent reside, Ondo, where 20 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and Kenya, where 19 percent reside.
Owele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Owele 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 Owele
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