Owuye Surname
Approximately 626 people bear this surname
Owuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 597 | 1:296,722 | 16,613 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Owuye (25) may also be a first name.
Owuye Demographics
Average Owuye Salary in
England
£20,790
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Owuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owuye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Owuye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owuye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owuye is the 520,022nd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,641,447 people. The last name Owuye is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owuye are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 296,722. In Nigeria Owuye is most common in: Lagos, where 37 percent are found, Ogun, where 31 percent are found and Oyo, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Owuye
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