Owuo Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Owuo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owuo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Kenya221:2,099,08636,356
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Owuo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owuo is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owuo? popularity and diffusion

Owuo is the 664,903rd most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. The last name Owuo is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Owuo live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Barring Ghana Owuo is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Owuo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Owuo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owhuo8924/
Gowuo891/
Owuho891/
Owuod891/
Owuot891/
Owo865,729/
Owuoch8061/
Ochwuo801/
Owoh7512,930/
Owoo756,335/
Obuo752,426/
Ohwo751,302/
Oubo75484/
Osuo75445/
Owho75208/
Owoa75186/
Owou75171/
Oiwo75140/
Owoi75135/
Ovuo7590/
Howo7566/
Ojuo7555/
Oyuo7539/
Ouwo7537/
Owua7526/
Ouvo7518/
Ojwo7517/
Awuo7511/
Oowo758/
Uwuo756/
Oewo755/
Ewuo754/
Oweu754/
Owwo753/
Owoy752/
Oywo752/
Oouo752/
Owvo751/
Oubou67610/
Oiwoh67325/
Obhuo67206/
Oshuo67144/
Ovuoh67109/
Houbo67103/
Uwhuo6771/
Gouvo6755/
Houvo6731/
Gohwo6719/
Ochuo6715/
Obuoh6710/
Hohwo679/
Ouboi679/
Owoot677/
Ouboh676/
Owooh676/
Howou676/
Owocz676/
Ewuho674/
Ouwua674/
Owuad674/
Awuoa674/
Owout673/
Hoywo672/
Ouvos672/
Ouwoh672/
Uowoh672/
Howua672/
Owosh672/
Ohwod672/
Ohuho672/
Osuoh672/
Ousuo672/
Oshwo672/
Owhua672/
Awuho672/
Obuoy671/
Ouboy671/
Howeu671/
Howho671/
Goiwo671/
Hoyuo671/
Ovuoa671/
Gowua671/
Owhou671/
Ohwho671/
Owuah671/
Ouvoh671/
Uwuoh671/
Ohwoh671/
Uwuho671/
Ojuoh671/
Howgo671/
Howoa671/
Howoh671/
Oswoy671/
Othuo671/
Ouweu671/
Ouwoi671/
Ouwou671/
Ossuo671/
Ojwoi671/
Gowgo671/
Awuoh671/
Aouho671/
Ojwoh671/
Ojuho671/
Oiuho671/
Owott671/
Oouoe671/
Gohuo671/
Hobuo671/
Howop670/

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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 Owuo
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