Owerre Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Owerre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owerre (11) may also be a first name.
Owerre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owerre Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owerre is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owerre? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owerre is the 1,701,480th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owerre reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name Owerre is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 55 percent live, Abia, where 32 percent live and Ogun, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Owerre is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Owerre
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