Owoku Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Owoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owoku is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Owoku.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owoku is the 2,333,370th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owoku reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 59 percent reside, Cross River, where 17 percent reside and Kaduna, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowoku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owhoku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owaku | 80 | 1,902 | / |
| Awoku | 80 | 163 | / |
| Ewoku | 80 | 78 | / |
| Owuku | 80 | 19 | / |
| Oweku | 80 | 18 | / |
| Uwoku | 80 | 4 | / |
| Awokou | 73 | 3,013 | / |
| Uwouku | 73 | 132 | / |
| Osuoku | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ojuoku | 73 | 22 | / |
| Uwooku | 73 | 7 | / |
| Uwuoku | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ewokou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owekou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojwuku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowuku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obokui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawoku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awoukou | 67 | 742 | / |
| Owakuha | 67 | 22 | / |
| Aïwokou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awoukeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ochuoku | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owoku
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