Owundo Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Owundo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owundo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2111:185,02015,254
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Owundo Last Name Facts

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

Owundo is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Owundo.

How Common Is The Last Name Owundo? popularity and diffusion

Owundo is the 1,133,308th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. Owundo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owundo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 185,020. In Uganda Owundo is most frequent in: Kayunga District, where 22 percent live, Mukono District, where 15 percent live and Mayuge District, where 14 percent live. Not including Uganda Owundo exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owoundo921/
Ouwundo921/
Owondo83503/
Awundo83129/
Owunda8315/
Obundo838/
Uwundo834/
Ewundo833/
Avoundo7735/
Owhunda7710/
Awundoh773/
Awoundo772/
Ouvindo771/
Aboundo771/
Owoondo771/
Evoundo771/
Awundou771/
Ojwondo771/
Howonduo7111/
Aboundou7111/
Oboundou7110/
Aboundoh712/
Ewoundou711/
Avoundou711/
Ovoundou711/
Owhundah711/
Abundo675,614/
Owonda672,689/
Awondo67593/
Ovunda67508/
Awunda67390/
Uwondo67244/
Avundo67208/
Obunda6764/
Ewunda6762/
Evundo674/
Uvundo671/
Uwunda671/

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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 Owundo
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