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
The surname Owire is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 464,720th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,051,787 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owire are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 88 people.
Owire is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 501 people, or 1 in 92,175. In Kenya Owire is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 86 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 10 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.
Owire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Owire last name is chiefly 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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