Owoo Surname

77,230th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Owoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5,3341:5,066717
Uganda5731:68,1317,631
Nigeria2941:602,52628,821
England661:844,21344,691
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Owoo (24) may also be a first name.

Owoo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owoo has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owoo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 77,230th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,150,362 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Owoo live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 24 people.

The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 5,334 people, or 1 in 5,066. Not including Ghana Owoo is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

Owoo Last Name Statistics demography

Owoo earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.24% less than the national average, earning $36,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owoot897/
Owooh896/
Owo865,729/
O'Wood807/
Ochwoo804/
Gowgoo801/
Owoh7512,930/
Ohwo751,302/
Oboo75986/
Owuo75451/
Awoo75302/
Owho75208/
Owoa75186/
Owou75171/
Oiwo75140/
Owoi75135/
Ewoo7591/
Howo7566/
Ouwo7537/
Ojwo7517/
Owoe7510/
Oowo758/
Oewo755/
Owwo753/
Oywo752/
Owoy752/
Uwoo752/
Ovoo751/
Hoswoot7314/
Hoywood733/
O'Woods733/
Howwood730/
Oiboo67331/
Oiwoh67325/
Owhuo6724/
Gohwo6719/
Obhoo6713/
Hohwo679/
Howou676/
Owocz676/
Hawoo674/
Uwhoo674/
Owoey674/
Owout673/
Awooh673/
Hoywo672/
Oshwo672/
Ouwoh672/
Uowoh672/
Ohwod672/
Owosh672/
Goiwo671/
Gowuo671/
Ohwho671/
Owhou671/
Hoboo671/
Ojwoh671/
Ohwoh671/
Howho671/
Awooz671/
Owuot671/
Owuho671/
Owott671/
Owuod671/
Howgo671/
Howoa671/
Howoh671/
Oswoy671/
Ovgoo671/
Ouwoi671/
Ouwou671/
Ojwoi671/
Uwoot671/
Gowgo671/
Howop670/
Hosswood670/

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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 Owoo
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