Owoka Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Owoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 253 | 1:700,169 | 32,315 |
| Congo | 85 | 1:58,695 | 5,228 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owoka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 802,733rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Owoka live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Owoka is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 700,169. In Nigeria Owoka is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 23 percent are found, Ondo, where 22 percent are found and Osun, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Owoka is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 24 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Owoka
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