Owey Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Owey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Owey (13) may also be a first name.
Owey Demographics
Average Owey Salary in
United States
$27,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Owey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owey is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Owey is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Owey live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
Owey is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 58 percent live, Benue, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 18 percent live.
Owey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Owey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Owey Last Name Statistics demography
Owey earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.
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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 Owey
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