Owoeje Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Owoeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owoeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owoeje has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Owoeje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoeje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Owoeje are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Owoeje is most numerous in: Ondo, where 80 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Owoeje exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.
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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 Owoeje
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