Owile Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Owile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Owile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owile is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Owile.
How Common Is The Last Name Owile? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owile are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 673,091. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Arua District, where 50 percent reside, Yumbe District, where 40 percent reside and Buikwe District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Owile
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