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 most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owesa live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 38 percent are found and Kenya, where 25 percent are found.
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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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