Owoni Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Owoni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Owoni (29) may also be a first name.
Owoni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owoni is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Owoni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owoni are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 43 percent reside, Kogi, where 29 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Owoni
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