Owelle Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Owelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Owelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owelle is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owelle? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Owelle reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria Owelle is mostly found in: Edo, where 22 percent reside, Delta, where 19 percent reside and Enugu, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 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 Owelle
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