Owori Surname
Approximately 14,926 people bear this surname
Owori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14,378 | 1:2,715 | 444 |
| Kenya | 461 | 1:100,173 | 8,771 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Owori (117) may also be a first name.
Owori Demographics
Owori Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owori Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owori is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owori? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owori is the 35,405th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 488,245 people. The surname Owori occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owori reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most common first name throughout the world, held by 117 people.
The surname Owori is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 14,378 people, or 1 in 2,715. In Uganda Owori is primarily found in: Tororo District, where 38 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 12 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 11 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Owori Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Owori last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Owori
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