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 surname Owuro occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owuro reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Owuro is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Owuro is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 58 percent are found, Benue, where 21 percent are found and Ogun, where 21 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Owuro
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