Owings Surname

72,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Owings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,7011:54,0906,465
England321:1,741,18971,393
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Laos41:1,647,081888
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3211:38,0164,510

Owings (18) may also be a first name.

Owings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owings is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owings is the 72,718th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,075,335 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Owings live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 18 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 6,701 people, or 1 in 54,090. In The United States Owings is most numerous in: Maryland, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Missouri, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.

Owings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Owings has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 507 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Owings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Owings last name are 19.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.11% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Owings earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning $43,506 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.65% less than the national average, earning $29,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowings9241/
Oweings921/
Ouwings920/
Owinngs920/
Ewings831,699/
Owengs830/
Awings830/
Hewings77636/
Euwings776/
Ewuings771/
Hawings770/
Awengs6789/
Abings671/
Ewengs670/
Hawinks626/
Habings620/
Awnqs551/

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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 Owings
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