Owva Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Owva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Owva Last Name Facts

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

Owva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﻓﻰ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owva? popularity and diffusion

Owva is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Owva is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Owva reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 67 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owvai891/
Owvah891/
Ouwva891/
Ovua75741/
Ovwa7572/
Ovba7567/
Ewva7556/
Awva7533/
Owua7526/
Ofwa7514/
Ovva758/
Owwa752/
Owvo751/
Ovwah67153/
Govva6710/
Obwah677/
Gofwa675/
Ouwua674/
Obwau673/
Awvah672/
Howua672/
Owhua672/
Ovvah671/
Ovvay671/
Hovva671/
Howwa671/
Ovuoa671/
Owuah671/
Obwha671/
Obwua671/
Ovuaa671/
Obway671/
Obwai671/
Govua671/
Ewhva671/
Ophwa671/
Ovvaz671/
Owbau671/
Ovwua671/
Ovuat671/

Owva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Owva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺃﻭﻓﻰawfy66.67
ﺍﻭﻓﻰawfy33.33

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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 Owva
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