Owuro Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Owuro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owuro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owuro is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owuro is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Owuro occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owuro live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Owuro is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Owuro is most frequent in: Oyo, where 58 percent are found, Benue, where 21 percent are found and Ogun, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Owuro occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuroa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owiro | 80 | 447 | / |
| Owura | 80 | 363 | / |
| Oburo | 80 | 336 | / |
| Oworo | 80 | 215 | / |
| Awuro | 80 | 172 | / |
| Ovuro | 80 | 68 | / |
| Ewuro | 80 | 10 | / |
| Uwuro | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owuruoha | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gouwouro | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ohwourgo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owhoro | 73 | 168 | / |
| Obauro | 73 | 52 | / |
| Owoero | 73 | 23 | / |
| Ohworo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ovuiro | 73 | 17 | / |
| Owurah | 73 | 13 | / |
| Abouro | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obouro | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ovuero | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awutro | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oburho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awouro | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oworou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovuruo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owurau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oworro | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abourou | 67 | 439 | / |
| Obourou | 67 | 272 | / |
| Abouroh | 67 | 172 | / |
| Ohworho | 67 | 76 | / |
| Owhorho | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ohbuiro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouworou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Govuroo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owoerro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubhouro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewourou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhoero | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhoura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awourou | 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 Owuro
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