Owuh Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Owuh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 323 | 1:548,430 | 26,767 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Owuh (31) may also be a first name.
Owuh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owuh occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 814,680th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Owuh live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous forename on earth, held by 31 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 45 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuch | 89 | 1 | / |
| Owuhe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Owu | 86 | 2,841 | / |
| Owouth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owusch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awuh | 75 | 724 | / |
| Ovuh | 75 | 191 | / |
| Owou | 75 | 171 | / |
| Owui | 75 | 107 | / |
| Howu | 75 | 96 | / |
| Ewuh | 75 | 87 | / |
| Owuu | 75 | 59 | / |
| Ojwu | 75 | 51 | / |
| Ouwu | 75 | 51 | / |
| Owuy | 75 | 20 | / |
| Owgu | 75 | 10 | / |
| Ohwu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Oowu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Oweu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Owhu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Owwu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oewu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Owau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oswu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oiwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Owud | 75 | 1 | / |
| Owuj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Owux | 75 | 1 | / |
| Howouth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abouh | 67 | 626 | / |
| Houwu | 67 | 93 | / |
| Obouh | 67 | 46 | / |
| Gowui | 67 | 34 | / |
| Awouh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Howou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Owooh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uiwuh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Owout | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gouwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hohwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awush | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ewouh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Howus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hawuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oweus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awauh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Avouh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Evouh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awuuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuch | 67 | 1 | / |
| How'u | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awuih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aswuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuhj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oshwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oswui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obauh | 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 Owuh
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