Owemu Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Owemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owemu is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Owemu.
How Common Is The Last Name Owemu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owemu are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 50 percent live and Ondo, where 50 percent live. Beside Nigeria Owemu occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owhemu | 91 | 83 | / |
| Ohwemu | 91 | 11 | / |
| Oemu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ouwemou | 83 | 11 | / |
| Obemu | 80 | 608 | / |
| Ojemu | 80 | 250 | / |
| Awemu | 80 | 51 | / |
| Oyemu | 80 | 33 | / |
| Owamu | 80 | 20 | / |
| Uwemu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owimu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owomu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oiemu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouemou | 73 | 896 | / |
| Hawemu | 73 | 61 | / |
| Ohwimu | 73 | 34 | / |
| Ojiemu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Owwimu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ojemui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hewemu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owamou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhomu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oheemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awemou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eumu | 67 | 579 | / |
| Yemu | 67 | 176 | / |
| Eemu | 67 | 154 | / |
| Eimu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Oimu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Oumu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Aemu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Eamu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gouemou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Houemou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ouyemou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oswimou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouiemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iemu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohuemus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Owemu
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