Owore Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Owore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Owore (16) may also be a first name.
Owore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owore Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owore is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owore? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owore is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owore are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The surname Owore is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 63 percent reside, Ondo, where 26 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and Kenya, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Owore
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