Owowo Surname
Approximately 1,011 people bear this surname
Owowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,004 | 1:176,437 | 10,887 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Owowo (25) may also be a first name.
Owowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owowo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Owowo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owowo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 358,623rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,208,255 people. The surname Owowo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owowo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owowo is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 25 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,004 people, or 1 in 176,437. In Nigeria Owowo is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent live, Delta, where 13 percent live and Abia, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria Owowo exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owowoh | 91 | 62 | / |
| Owoowo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owhowho | 83 | 137 | / |
| Ohwohwo | 83 | 21 | / |
| Owowooh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oshwowo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owohwoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awowo | 80 | 599 | / |
| Owowa | 80 | 555 | / |
| Ewowo | 80 | 140 | / |
| Owawo | 80 | 17 | / |
| Uwowo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Owovo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Owewo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owuwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owhoowho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awowoh | 73 | 64 | / |
| Ohwovo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Uwouwo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Owoewa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Awoiwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owuowa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owuobo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owoboh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owoubo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ohwobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoibo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awouwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoovo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awowwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhowha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owhoubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhwohwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohwohwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahwowho | 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 Owowo
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