Owuwanne Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owuwanne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owuwanne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owuwanne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owuwanne is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Owuwanne.

How Common Is The Last Name Owuwanne? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owuwanne is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Owuwanne occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Owuwanne reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Owuwanne is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Owuwanne is primarily found in: Abia, where 60 percent are found and Lagos, where 40 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hobuwane751/
Abuwane671/
Abouhwaneh671/
Ewuwene671/
Aboubane6311/
Ovuwonje633/
Abuwani539/
Abuywan532/
Awouban531/
Obeuwon531/
Ovuwoni531/
Abhuwan531/
Uwaubani505/
Awoubone501/
Abouhban501/
Aboubani501/
Abouvani501/

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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 Owuwanne
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