Owese Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Owese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owese (42) may also be a first name.
Owese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owese occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owese are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 42 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 39 percent are found, Oyo, where 28 percent are found and Benue, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and India, where 2 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 Owese
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