Owole Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Owole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 645 | 1:60,526 | 7,001 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Owole (128) may also be a first name.
Owole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owole is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owole? popularity and diffusion
It is the 488,458th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,732,763 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owole are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Owole is also the 821,896th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 128 people.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 645 people, or 1 in 60,526. In Uganda Owole is most frequent in: Adjumani District, where 84 percent live, Moyo District, where 12 percent live and Amuru District, where 3 percent live. Not including Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 0 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 Owole
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