Owouri Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Owouri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owouri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owouri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owouri occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Owouri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owouri? popularity and diffusion
Owouri is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owouri are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Owouri is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent reside, Busia County, where 14 percent reside and Machakos County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Owouri is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 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 Owouri
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