Owormungu Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Owormungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 191 | 1:204,394 | 16,279 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Owormungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owormungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owormungu is found most in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owormungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Owormungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owormungu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 204,394. In Uganda Owormungu is most frequent in: Nebbi District, where 79 percent reside, Hoima District, where 7 percent reside and Buliisa District, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owor Mungu | 95 | 3 | / |
| Owor-Mungu | 95 | 2 | / |
| Uwormungu | 89 | 6 | / |
| Owor Mung | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uworumungu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ormunga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oramung | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ormungai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erimungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ormang | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iromuangu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iremungwu | 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
- 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 Owormungu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis