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 more commonly found in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoses? popularity and diffusion
It is the 842,714th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. Owoses is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owoses reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 7,459. In Namibia Owoses is primarily found in: Khomas Region, where 75 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 14 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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 Owoses
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