Owour Surname

230,634th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,754 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Owour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,7401:26,5402,972
England21:27,859,030389,889
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Owour (181) may also be a first name.

Owour Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owour Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owour has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owour? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 230,634th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,154,815 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owour live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Owour is also the 677,199th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 181 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,740 people, or 1 in 26,540. In Kenya Owour is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 28 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 13 percent reside and Migori County, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Owour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owoure911/
Owhour911/
Owor8915,208/
Owuor8040,807/
Obour804,515/
Awour804,357/
Owhor802,167/
Owure8056/
Howor8046/
Owore8033/
Ohwor8013/
Oworh8012/
Owhur803/
Owohr801/
Owurr801/
Uwour801/
Howur801/
Owuur801/
Gowur801/
Oswor801/
Oewor801/
Ouwor801/
Oworp801/
Owurd801/
Howourth7794/
Owurre7391/
Owujor7351/
Owhore7349/
Owhure7310/
Oubour739/
Gawour736/
Owoeyr734/
Goovur733/
Hovour733/
Hobour733/
O'Bour733/
Owojor733/
Owoire732/
Owuore732/
Howore731/
Gowoer731/
Goworh731/
Owhuer731/
Owuarh731/
Aawour731/
Owuire731/
Hojwor731/
Owuhor731/
Owoore731/
Awoure731/
Howoer730/
Awor6745,560/
Owar674,739/
Obor672,542/
Obur671,723/
Ovur6779/
Ovor6766/
Awur6745/
Uwor6725/
Owoeyor679/
Owowere674/
Uwur674/
Owuyere673/
O'Sword672/
Goweyor671/
Owhoire671/
Owoyere671/
Osouhor671/
Ohwejor671/
Owuyire671/
Hawhour670/

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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
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  • 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 Owour
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