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
The surname Owoniya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoniya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,465,390th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Owoniya occurs mostly 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 frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 1,274,408. In Nigeria Owoniya is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 67 percent live, Ondo, where 13 percent live and Oyo, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Owoniya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.
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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