Owucha Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owucha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owucha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Owucha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owucha occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owucha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Owucha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owucha live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Owucha is most prevalent in: Benue, where 57 percent live and Abia, where 43 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owuchay921/
Owuca911/
Awucha83298/
Ovucha8398/
Owuche8318/
Owocha8313/
Owicha835/
Owuchi834/
Owucho833/
Uwucha832/
Ewucha832/
Obucha832/
Owukha831/
Aboucha7753/
Ewhucha7721/
Owhocha7721/
Ojwuche7716/
Ohwuche774/
Gowuche773/
Owujaha771/
Owuicho771/
Awuucha771/
Ahwucha771/
Howicha771/
Owusa7331/
Awuca736/
Owuco732/
Haboucha71392/
Ahboucha71170/
Aboutcha7141/
Abouchah715/
Abouchai714/
Abouchay714/
Oswouchi711/
Obuchi676,492/
Owochi67334/
Abucha67268/
Awusha67227/
Owocho67188/
Owuzoh67146/
Owicho6771/
Awuchi6770/
Awucia6757/
Owoche6732/
Obuche6722/
Ovuche6720/
Awucai679/
Awuche677/
Awocha676/
Ovicha674/
Uwuche673/
Owusah673/
Awucho672/
Uwocha672/
Ewicha672/
Obusha672/
Awicha672/
Owusho671/
Ovuchi671/
Avouca671/
Obucho671/
Ohwusa671/
Uwuchi671/
Ovusha671/

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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 Owucha
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