Owunna Surname

221,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owunna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owunna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7971:98,5776,728
United States301:12,081,964463,456
England131:4,286,005132,302
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Owunna (63) may also be a first name.

Owunna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owunna occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owunna? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 221,215th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,949,889 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Owunna live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owunna is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 63 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,797 people, or 1 in 98,577. In Nigeria Owunna is most common in: Abia, where 45 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Owunna Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Owunna last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Owunna earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.61% less than the national average, earning $38,138 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owunnah92228/
Owuunna922/
Ojwunna921/
Owuna912,464/
Owwunnau863/
Owunnnah861/
Owunne83178/
Obunna8363/
Owonna8323/
Uwunna8322/
Owunah8314/
Ovunna8312/
Awunna837/
Owuuna836/
Owunha834/
Owunai833/
Owouna832/
Gowuna831/
Ewunna831/
Awunnah776/
Abounna774/
Howouna771/
Uwaunna771/
Owhunne771/
Owona7317,234/
Awuna731,365/
Obuna73821/
Owuno73294/
Owuni73181/
Ovuna7375/
Ewuna7350/
Uwuna7339/
Owune7312/
Gavounna711/
Abouna6710,046/
Awunah67332/
Obunne6798/
Ovouna6782/
Obouna6777/
Ohwona6764/
Awouna6729/
Avouna6727/
Abunna6725/
Owonah6717/
Owinah6716/
Obunai6716/
Oiwona6715/
Obunah679/
Owunyi677/
Obunha675/
Ovunga674/
Uwunne673/
Hawuna673/
Owonne673/
Govuna672/
Owouni672/
Awunay672/
Awonna671/
Obunaa671/
Gowuno671/
Owhuno671/
Owhona671/
Owinaa671/
Owoona671/
Owunoi671/
Awuuna671/
Gowuni671/
Ahwuna671/
Avunna671/
Ovuina671/
Owunoh671/

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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 Owunna
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