Owuya Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Owuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Owuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owuya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,795,579th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owuya live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Owuya is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 520,524. In Uganda Owuya is most numerous in: Tororo District, where 53 percent live, Buikwe District, where 12 percent live and Mayuge District, where 11 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuoya | 91 | 2 | / |
| Owuy | 89 | 20 | / |
| Obuya | 80 | 11,001 | / |
| Owuye | 80 | 626 | / |
| Awuya | 80 | 444 | / |
| Oweya | 80 | 232 | / |
| Owoya | 80 | 228 | / |
| Ewuya | 80 | 87 | / |
| Owiya | 80 | 76 | / |
| Owaya | 80 | 66 | / |
| Ovuya | 80 | 45 | / |
| Owuyo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Owuja | 80 | 12 | / |
| Owuyi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Uwuya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Owyia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awuyah | 73 | 375 | / |
| Oiwaya | 73 | 250 | / |
| Oywaya | 73 | 194 | / |
| Ojwaya | 73 | 185 | / |
| Oubaya | 73 | 94 | / |
| Oyuoya | 73 | 75 | / |
| Osuaya | 73 | 37 | / |
| Owheya | 73 | 32 | / |
| Oubiya | 73 | 29 | / |
| Ojuiya | 73 | 29 | / |
| Owueye | 73 | 24 | / |
| Avouya | 73 | 13 | / |
| Oyuaya | 73 | 13 | / |
| Obuyah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Owauyi | 73 | 9 | / |
| Oubeya | 73 | 9 | / |
| Howeya | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ovouya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hawuya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Awuyat | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owueyi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Auwuya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owoaya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ouvaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyweya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oswiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owehya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osuiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uwuyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osuoya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oowuye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuoye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuaju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owiyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owayat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojuaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohweya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awuuya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuuya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweyad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oywoya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owai | 67 | 1,796 | / |
| Awuy | 67 | 1,081 | / |
| Oway | 67 | 332 | / |
| Owaa | 67 | 279 | / |
| Owoa | 67 | 186 | / |
| Owou | 67 | 171 | / |
| Owui | 67 | 107 | / |
| Owayowa | 67 | 61 | / |
| Howiyah | 67 | 27 | / |
| Owey | 67 | 22 | / |
| Houbiya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Osuoyah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obuy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oweu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Houbaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ochweya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owoueye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owaj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oweiaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owujaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oywayah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwuoyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owoueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuheyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuahia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owheuyi | 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 Owuya
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