Owowa Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Owowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 550 | 1:322,078 | 17,694 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owowa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owowa? popularity and diffusion
Owowa is the 568,972nd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. The surname Owowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owowa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Owowa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 550 people, or 1 in 322,078. In Nigeria Owowa is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 48 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuowa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Owoswa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Howowa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owow | 89 | 9 | / |
| Owhowha | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ohwohwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owowo | 80 | 1,011 | / |
| Ovowa | 80 | 49 | / |
| Uwowa | 80 | 43 | / |
| Ohwow | 80 | 10 | / |
| Awowa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ewowa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ofowa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gowow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Howow | 80 | 0 | / |
| Owa | 75 | 8,315 | / |
| Oww | 75 | 3 | / |
| Owoiba | 73 | 81 | / |
| Owowoh | 73 | 62 | / |
| Uwuowa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Obowai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Owouba | 73 | 5 | / |
| Owuoba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Awowai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyuowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aboowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obouwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howhow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obohwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howa | 67 | 6,353 | / |
| Awow | 67 | 482 | / |
| Owhowho | 67 | 137 | / |
| Ohwohwo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Owaf | 67 | 13 | / |
| Owaw | 67 | 10 | / |
| Owov | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ooww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhahwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owowooh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Achwowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houbowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owohwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyww | 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 Owowa
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