Oweshi Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Oweshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oweshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oweshi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweshi? popularity and diffusion
Oweshi is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oweshi live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 70 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent are found and Benue, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Oweshi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 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
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- 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 Oweshi
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