Oweta Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Oweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
Oweta (78) may also be a first name.
Oweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oweta is most common in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 674,066th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oweta live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oweta is also the 1,091,646th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 78 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Oweta is most prevalent in: Oyam District, where 59 percent are found, Lira District, where 21 percent are found and Kole District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 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 Oweta
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