Owhoji Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owhoji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owhoji Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
England21:27,859,030389,889

Owhoji Last Name Facts

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

Owhoji is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owhoji? popularity and diffusion

Owhoji is the 2,121,169th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owhoji live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 88 percent live, Ebonyi, where 5 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria Owhoji occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live.

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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 Owhoji
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