Owita Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Owita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 121 | 1:322,639 | 21,815 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
Owita (21) may also be a first name.
Owita Demographics
Owita Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owita is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Owita.
How Common Is The Last Name Owita? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,537,949th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owita live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Owita is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 322,639. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kaberamaido District, where 36 percent live, Nebbi District, where 23 percent live and Hoima District, where 11 percent live. Not including Uganda Owita is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Owita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Owita surname is principally 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 Owita
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