Owerei Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Owerei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owerei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owerei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owerei is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owerei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owerei reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Owerei is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Owerei is most numerous in: Edo, where 96 percent live and Delta, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Owerei
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