Owuka Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Owuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 211 | 1:839,539 | 37,032 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
Owuka (52) may also be a first name.
Owuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owuka occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,088,856th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Owuka is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owuka live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owuka is also the 1,381,723rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 52 people.
The surname Owuka is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria Owuka is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 33 percent live, Rivers, where 18 percent live and Delta, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owueka | 91 | 64 | / |
| Owukah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Owwuka | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ouwuka | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ohwuka | 91 | 2 | / |
| Oweuka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owukha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ovuka | 80 | 472 | / |
| Owoka | 80 | 349 | / |
| Awuka | 80 | 334 | / |
| Ewuka | 80 | 75 | / |
| Owuko | 80 | 18 | / |
| Owuke | 80 | 7 | / |
| Uwuka | 80 | 5 | / |
| Owika | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owuki | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owuca | 80 | 1 | / |
| Avouka | 73 | 553 | / |
| Owouko | 73 | 524 | / |
| Owhoka | 73 | 151 | / |
| Evouka | 73 | 98 | / |
| Obukah | 73 | 24 | / |
| Owooka | 73 | 22 | / |
| Howika | 73 | 14 | / |
| Awouka | 73 | 12 | / |
| Owoeka | 73 | 9 | / |
| Owocka | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hawuka | 73 | 5 | / |
| Awukah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ewauka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwguka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ovouka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gawuka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awauka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ojwuke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwuke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aawuka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubouka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewouka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owokah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obhuka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwauka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obukai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owukyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavouka | 67 | 57 | / |
| Oivukka | 67 | 11 | / |
| Avoukai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hawukha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oboucka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aboukai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gawukau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oewicka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboukaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahbouka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hawauka | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owuka
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