Oweni Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Oweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Oweni (328) may also be a first name.
Oweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oweni is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oweni is the 1,333,288th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oweni reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oweni is also the 484,112th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 328 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 23 percent reside, Delta, where 20 percent reside and Ondo, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, 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 Oweni
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