Owueye Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Owueye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owueye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owueye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owueye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owueye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owueye is the 4,034,050th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owueye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Owueye is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 61 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Kano, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live.
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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 Owueye
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