Owunu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Owunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owunu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owunu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owunu is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owunu reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 50 percent are found, Benue, where 10 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Owunu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owhunu | 91 | 28 | / |
| Owounu | 91 | 21 | / |
| Owungu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owounou | 83 | 18 | / |
| Ochwunu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awunu | 80 | 391 | / |
| Obunu | 80 | 102 | / |
| Owonu | 80 | 65 | / |
| Uwunu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owinu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ovunu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ewunu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owoungou | 77 | 9 | / |
| Owwunnau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ovungu | 73 | 289 | / |
| Abounu | 73 | 54 | / |
| Awunou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Owoonu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Awunnu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ewuenu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awunuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awuunu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huwunu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awunut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawunu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obounou | 67 | 1,914 | / |
| Awounou | 67 | 627 | / |
| Avounou | 67 | 225 | / |
| Abounou | 67 | 83 | / |
| Evounou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Avoungu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guwungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Âbounou | 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 Owunu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis