Owuje Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Owuje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Owuje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owuje is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Owuje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Owuje live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 77 percent live and Lagos, where 23 percent live. Besides Nigeria Owuje exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owujie | 91 | 318 | / |
| Owuije | 91 | 10 | / |
| Owueje | 91 | 3 | / |
| Owudje | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owuj | 89 | 1 | / |
| Owuye | 80 | 626 | / |
| Awuje | 80 | 367 | / |
| Obuje | 80 | 215 | / |
| Owuse | 80 | 116 | / |
| Owoje | 80 | 112 | / |
| Owuze | 80 | 79 | / |
| Owaje | 80 | 31 | / |
| Howue | 80 | 23 | / |
| Owuja | 80 | 12 | / |
| Owoue | 80 | 10 | / |
| Owuge | 80 | 8 | / |
| Owuji | 80 | 6 | / |
| Oweje | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owujo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owooje | 73 | 82 | / |
| Owueye | 73 | 24 | / |
| Owuzie | 73 | 14 | / |
| Owoeje | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ojuaje | 73 | 7 | / |
| Owhuji | 73 | 6 | / |
| Owouze | 73 | 5 | / |
| Owueyi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obujeh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ouwaje | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gowoue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uwujie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awujie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owajie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owuaju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojuije | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oowuye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwoue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owejee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwueje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awuoje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oiwoje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owojje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osuije | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owusie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuoye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aawuje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awouje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowueh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oubeje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhuge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owei | 67 | 3,144 | / |
| Owou | 67 | 171 | / |
| Owui | 67 | 107 | / |
| Owey | 67 | 22 | / |
| Owuy | 67 | 20 | / |
| Owauied | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ovue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oweu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awuj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owaj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoueye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owuheyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoiwaue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owoueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oywusie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhuoji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hawouje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owujaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojuajet | 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 Owuje
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