Owuba Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Owuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Owuba (21) may also be a first name.

Owuba Last Name Facts

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

Owuba is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owuba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owuba live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name in the world, held by 21 people.

The surname Owuba is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Owuba is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Owuba exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owubah918/
Owouba915/
Owubaa913/
Owuiba911/
Owuibai831/
Obuba802,128/
Ovuba80193/
Owubo80177/
Ewuba80134/
Owube80106/
Awuba8080/
Uwuba8021/
Owoba8012/
Owubi808/
Owiba807/
Abouba7313,264/
Awouba7395/
Uwhuba7384/
Ovouba7363/
Owubou7355/
Ewhuba7335/
Obubah7314/
Evouba739/
Ouvoba737/
Ehwuba734/
Uwauba733/
Obouba732/
Awubau732/
Ewauba732/
Owoubo732/
Avouba732/
Ewubah732/
Ovauba731/
Owuube731/
Awhuba731/
Ohwoba731/
Ewouba731/
Gawuba731/
Hawuba731/
Uswuba731/
Ovuboa731/
Owuebo731/
Owoube731/
Ùbouba731/
Owubey730/
Habouba67602/
Owhieba6716/
Aboubaa6714/
Aboubai6712/
Uwoubai6710/
Aboubha673/
Aabouba672/
Auwhuba671/
Ohwubuo671/
Uwauboa671/
Ahbouba671/
Aboubea671/
Uwubaha671/
Owoubie671/
Owhoubo671/
Oubouba671/

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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 Owuba
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