Owiah Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Owiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Owiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owiah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owiah is the 804,502nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owiah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Without taking into account Ghana it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howiah | 91 | 6 | / |
| Owia | 89 | 66 | / |
| Oewijah | 83 | 11 | / |
| Awiah | 80 | 2,275 | / |
| Oviah | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ewiah | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ojwia | 80 | 12 | / |
| Owija | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oewia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owiaz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owiho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owoiya | 73 | 907 | / |
| Ojwiya | 73 | 665 | / |
| Hawiah | 73 | 187 | / |
| Awiaha | 73 | 34 | / |
| Howiha | 73 | 11 | / |
| Owaiya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obihah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owajia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awiash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehwiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Weah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ochwia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owehah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obiahh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goweia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obia | 67 | 12,022 | / |
| Ovia | 67 | 2,940 | / |
| Awia | 67 | 697 | / |
| Aweijah | 67 | 456 | / |
| Ewia | 67 | 82 | / |
| Ovijach | 67 | 58 | / |
| Owya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owio | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awaiyah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obaaiah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owiah
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