Owuma Surname
Approximately 687 people bear this surname
Owuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 521 | 1:74,931 | 8,199 |
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owuma (44) may also be a first name.
Owuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owuma is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 484,164th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,607,782 people. The last name Owuma is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owuma are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Owuma is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 521 people, or 1 in 74,931. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 19 percent reside, Kayunga District, where 18 percent reside and Mukono District, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owumah | 91 | 22 | / |
| Owuuma | 91 | 7 | / |
| Owumma | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ouwuma | 91 | 2 | / |
| Oewuma | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ohwuma | 91 | 2 | / |
| Owouma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awuma | 80 | 2,464 | / |
| Owumi | 80 | 1,673 | / |
| Obuma | 80 | 746 | / |
| Owoma | 80 | 151 | / |
| Owima | 80 | 57 | / |
| Uwuma | 80 | 34 | / |
| Ewuma | 80 | 18 | / |
| Owumo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Owume | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ovuma | 80 | 10 | / |
| Gouwouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awouma | 73 | 559 | / |
| Awumah | 73 | 499 | / |
| Ovuema | 73 | 245 | / |
| Abouma | 73 | 174 | / |
| Obumai | 73 | 133 | / |
| Oewumi | 73 | 17 | / |
| Ewouma | 73 | 12 | / |
| Obumma | 73 | 11 | / |
| Owoumi | 73 | 9 | / |
| Awuuma | 73 | 6 | / |
| Owomah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Owoumo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Avouma | 73 | 5 | / |
| Uwauma | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hawuma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gawuma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Awuima | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owumhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owumuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obauma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awumma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovouma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oowumi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohbuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uowoma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewumah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoumoh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owoumou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Habouma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aboumma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboumaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oivumaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owiemah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oeywumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaumah | 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
- 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 Owuma
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