Owoses Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Owoses Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 323 | 1:7,459 | 1,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owoses Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoses Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owoses is found most frequently in Namibia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoses? popularity and diffusion
Owoses is the 842,714th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owoses are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Namibia, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 7,459. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Khomas Region, where 75 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 14 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Namibia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Owoses
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