Owoniya Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Owoniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 139 | 1:1,274,408 | 50,756 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Owoniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owoniya occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owoniya is the 1,465,390th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owoniya live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Owoniya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 1,274,408. In Nigeria Owoniya is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 67 percent are found, Ondo, where 13 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owonaiaya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Awoniya | 86 | 51 | / |
| Owoniyo | 86 | 20 | / |
| Owonaya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owoniye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Oboniya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Owooniye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owonye | 77 | 36 | / |
| Owonie | 77 | 9 | / |
| Owonoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oboniye | 71 | 216 | / |
| Awonaya | 71 | 133 | / |
| Owonaye | 71 | 53 | / |
| Aweniya | 71 | 50 | / |
| Awoniye | 71 | 37 | / |
| Owonijo | 71 | 30 | / |
| Owonije | 71 | 13 | / |
| Awoniyo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owoneye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Obaniya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Owonoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owaniye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Awoneya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Owosnei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aboniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awaniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ovuniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owenyia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owonaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obonnaya | 67 | 49 | / |
| Owenieye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owonault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owoynawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obonnoya | 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 Owoniya
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