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
Owemu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Owemu.
How Common Is The Last Name Owemu? popularity and diffusion
Owemu is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owemu live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Owemu is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 50 percent live and Ondo, where 50 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name 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
- 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 Owemu
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