Owishe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Owishe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Owishe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owishe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owishe has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owishe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owishe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Owishe occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Owishe live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Owishe is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kyegegwa District, where 50 percent reside and Lyantonde District, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Uganda Owishe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 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 Owishe
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