Owung Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Owung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Owung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owung is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owung? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owung is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Owung is mostly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Owung reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Owung is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howung | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awung | 80 | 780 | / |
| Ovung | 80 | 557 | / |
| Owong | 80 | 342 | / |
| Ewung | 80 | 264 | / |
| Obung | 80 | 176 | / |
| Uwung | 80 | 70 | / |
| Howong | 73 | 190 | / |
| Aboung | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ouwong | 73 | 14 | / |
| O'Wong | 73 | 13 | / |
| Hovung | 73 | 10 | / |
| Avoung | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oboung | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hawung | 73 | 5 | / |
| Awoung | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hewung | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owunke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aswung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uowong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewuing | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovoung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoowong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awungsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howwong | 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 Owung
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