Owgan Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Owgan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owgan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Owgan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owgan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owgan is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owgan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,293,424th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Owgan live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 846,527. In South Africa Owgan is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 72 percent are found and North West, where 28 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.

Owgan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Owgan has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Owgan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Owgan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.62% more than the national average, earning R 443,484 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owgang919/
Ohwgan911/
Gowgan910/
Awgan8012/
Ofgan802/
Obgan801/
Ofgang7380/
Ofgant7321/
Hobgan738/
Awghan734/
Hovgan732/
Gawgan731/
Awgatn731/
Hawgan731/
Hawghan671/
Oifgang671/
Hoffgan671/

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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 Owgan
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