Owongo Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Owongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Owongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owongo is more frequently found in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owongo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owongo live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Owongo is most widespread in The Congo, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 453,554. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 82 percent live, Cuvette Department, where 9 percent live and Plateaux Department, where 9 percent live. Excluding The Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owoungou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Ochwongo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obongo | 83 | 4,739 | / |
| Awongo | 83 | 1,524 | / |
| Owango | 83 | 895 | / |
| Ewongo | 83 | 598 | / |
| Ovongo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Owonga | 83 | 3 | / |
| Owengo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ohwoingho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obong'o | 77 | 1,161 | / |
| Obongho | 77 | 112 | / |
| Obongoi | 77 | 65 | / |
| Ojwango | 77 | 55 | / |
| Ewoungo | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ewongho | 77 | 26 | / |
| Awoungo | 77 | 22 | / |
| Govongo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Awoingo | 77 | 13 | / |
| Owangho | 77 | 9 | / |
| Obon'go | 77 | 6 | / |
| Owongah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hobongo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awosngo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gawongo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awongho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gowungo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owongha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Howango | 77 | 1 | / |
| Govhongo | 71 | 18 | / |
| Oboungou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ochwango | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oboingho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ewoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abongo | 67 | 8,850 | / |
| Owanga | 67 | 5,011 | / |
| Ewango | 67 | 1,365 | / |
| Owenga | 67 | 1,321 | / |
| Obonga | 67 | 1,117 | / |
| Obango | 67 | 379 | / |
| Awango | 67 | 376 | / |
| Ewonga | 67 | 245 | / |
| Evongo | 67 | 90 | / |
| Awonga | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ubongo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Obungo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uwango | 67 | 8 | / |
| Avongo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owunga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ovango | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uwungo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovonga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awungo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awengo | 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
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- 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 Owongo
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