Owest Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Owest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owest is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owest? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owest is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Owest live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Owest occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howest | 91 | 54 | / |
| O'West | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oest | 89 | 1,430 | / |
| Houwest | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ewest | 80 | 380 | / |
| Ovest | 80 | 47 | / |
| Obest | 80 | 21 | / |
| Awest | 80 | 14 | / |
| Goest | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owast | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouest | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oesth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hovest | 73 | 245 | / |
| Goehst | 73 | 14 | / |
| Gouest | 73 | 4 | / |
| Houest | 73 | 3 | / |
| O'East | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoesht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Oveste | 73 | 0 | / |
| East | 67 | 38,512 | / |
| Eist | 67 | 139 | / |
| Iest | 67 | 125 | / |
| Oust | 67 | 70 | / |
| D'Hoest | 67 | 69 | / |
| Yest | 67 | 64 | / |
| Eyst | 67 | 46 | / |
| Uest | 67 | 44 | / |
| Ojst | 67 | 18 | / |
| Aest | 67 | 17 | / |
| Oist | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gouvest | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eust | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hauwest | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoescht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oesd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ashwest | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owest
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis