Owonta Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owonta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owonta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1171:1,514,04157,594
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owonta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owonta Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Owonta is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owonta click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owonta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owonta reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 74 percent reside, Plateau, where 12 percent reside and Ekiti, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owonte83109/
Owanta83106/
Owunta8348/
Awonta832/
Owenta831/
Ovonta831/
Ewounta771/
Howgunta711/
Awountah711/
Uwanta67137/
Awonti67136/
Abonta6785/
Awanta6754/
Obonte6734/
Awunta6730/
Ewanta6714/
Obanta6711/
Owante678/
Owunte676/
Obonto676/
Owanti674/
Ovanta674/
Avonta673/
Awonty671/
Uwunta671/
Obonti671/
Owento671/
Awonte671/
Uwonte671/
Ovunta671/

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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 Owonta
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