Owonia Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Owonia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owonia (6) may also be a first name.
Owonia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owonia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owonia is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Owonia.
How Common Is The Last Name Owonia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Owonia live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring forename internationally, borne by 6 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Owonia is most common in: Oyo, where 60 percent are found and Lagos, where 40 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obonia | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ewonia | 83 | 4 | / |
| Awonia | 83 | 4 | / |
| Owonja | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owunia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ovonia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owonio | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owenia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ewoniah | 77 | 625 | / |
| Owoniho | 77 | 116 | / |
| Owonijo | 77 | 30 | / |
| Owangia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obonnia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awonaiya | 71 | 70 | / |
| Ochwonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obonaiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abonia | 67 | 930 | / |
| Owenya | 67 | 432 | / |
| Obania | 67 | 349 | / |
| Owenja | 67 | 132 | / |
| Obonya | 67 | 87 | / |
| Ewania | 67 | 66 | / |
| Awania | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ovonya | 67 | 21 | / |
| Owonyo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Owanya | 67 | 13 | / |
| Awonya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Evonia | 67 | 11 | / |
| Owunya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ewonja | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obonio | 67 | 9 | / |
| Owunha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovenia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obunia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owanja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awunia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owenio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Avonia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ovânia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awonea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovãnia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovania | 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 Owonia
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