Owire Surname
Approximately 725 people bear this surname
Owire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 501 | 1:92,175 | 8,256 |
| Uganda | 103 | 1:379,022 | 24,191 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owire (88) may also be a first name.
Owire Demographics
Owire Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owire is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 464,720th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,051,787 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owire live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owire is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 88 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 501 people, or 1 in 92,175. In Kenya it is most common in: Busia County, where 86 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 10 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.
Owire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owire
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