Oweme Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Oweme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oweme (39) may also be a first name.
Oweme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oweme is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Oweme.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Oweme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oweme are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oweme is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 70 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and The United States, 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 Oweme
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