Owuru Surname
Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname
Owuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,772 | 1:99,968 | 6,805 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owuru (154) may also be a first name.
Owuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owuru is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Owuru.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 219,336th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,907,531 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Owuru are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owuru is also the 740,891st most common first name at a global level, held by 154 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,772 people, or 1 in 99,968. In Nigeria Owuru is most frequent in: Benue, where 42 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 22 percent reside and Rivers, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Owuru exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owhuru | 91 | 24 | / |
| Owuuru | 91 | 5 | / |
| Owauru | 91 | 5 | / |
| Owuruj | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owwuru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uowuru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owurau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oburu | 80 | 9,399 | / |
| Awuru | 80 | 4,593 | / |
| Ovuru | 80 | 3,320 | / |
| Ewuru | 80 | 632 | / |
| Oworu | 80 | 610 | / |
| Owiru | 80 | 59 | / |
| Uwuru | 80 | 3 | / |
| Govuru | 73 | 221 | / |
| Awhuru | 73 | 21 | / |
| Owhoru | 73 | 17 | / |
| Obuuru | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uwguru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ewwuru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awurui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewuruh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oburru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owooru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovuuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Auwuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aweuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuiru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awauru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oveuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oovuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoburu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovauru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abourou | 67 | 439 | / |
| Obourou | 67 | 272 | / |
| Ahawuru | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoiburu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gouvuru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awourou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewourou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hawauru | 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 Owuru
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