Owere Surname
Approximately 11,090 people bear this surname
Owere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10,392 | 1:3,757 | 677 |
| Nigeria | 559 | 1:316,892 | 17,477 |
| Congo | 98 | 1:50,909 | 4,665 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Owere (438) may also be a first name.
Owere Demographics
Owere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owere is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,741st most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 657,128 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owere reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owere is also the 409,668th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 438 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 10,392 people, or 1 in 3,757. In Uganda Owere is primarily concentrated in: Tororo District, where 64 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 6 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 5 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Owere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Owere last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owere
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