Owum Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Owum (21) may also be a first name.

Owum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owum Come From? nationality or country of origin

Owum is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owum is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Owum live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owum is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Owum is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 20 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 20 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owume8915/
Owutm891/
Owuim891/
Owumhe801/
Obum751,493/
Awum75404/
Owom75215/
Ewum75149/
Owun7548/
Ovum759/
Uwum755/
Awume671,940/
Aboum67145/
Awoum6724/
Avoum6714/
Owune6712/
Howun6711/
Oboum673/
Ewumm672/
Guwum672/
Ovume672/
Awhum672/
Ewaum671/
Hawum671/
Obaum671/
Ohwun671/
Ewuim671/
Uwume671/
Owoem671/
Hobum671/

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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 Owum
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