Owunye Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Owunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owunye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owunye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owunye is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owunye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 86 percent reside and Ogun, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Owunye
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