Owesa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Owesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Owesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owesa is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owesa? popularity and diffusion
Owesa is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Owesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owesa reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Owesa is most numerous in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 38 percent live and Kenya, where 25 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 Owesa
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