Owhorji Surname

394,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 894 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owhorji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owhorji 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
Nigeria8921:198,59111,916
England21:27,859,030389,889

Owhorji Last Name Facts

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

Owhorji is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owhorji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owhorji? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owhorji is the 394,847th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owhorji reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 89 percent live, Jigawa, where 4 percent live and Bayelsa, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oworji9213/
Ohworji861/
Oworhji861/
Owhorie861/
Gowharji804/
Owhorije801/
Oworie7730/
Aworji7723/
Oborji7721/
Osuorji71508/

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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 Owhorji
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