Owugah Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Owugah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 197 | 1:899,202 | 39,032 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Owugah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owugah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owugah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owugah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owugah is the 1,121,821st most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Owugah live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 899,202. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 84 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuga | 91 | 26 | / |
| Awugah | 83 | 281 | / |
| Owugha | 83 | 134 | / |
| Ewugah | 83 | 8 | / |
| Owugho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awougah | 77 | 5 | / |
| Avougah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Owuggai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abougah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awuga | 73 | 914 | / |
| Ewuga | 73 | 686 | / |
| Obuga | 73 | 592 | / |
| Ovuga | 73 | 182 | / |
| Owoga | 73 | 25 | / |
| Owugo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owiga | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ohwughai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ojwiga | 67 | 605 | / |
| Abouga | 67 | 543 | / |
| Owigho | 67 | 304 | / |
| Obugoh | 67 | 42 | / |
| Obugha | 67 | 28 | / |
| Owogha | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ewugha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ovuiga | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ovunga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Avugah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eweuga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owogho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obouga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awugha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovugho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewuuga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awhuga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awugho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awouga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awigah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohwoga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owooga | 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
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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 Owugah
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