Owyang Surname

575,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Owyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5281:686,47554,517
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Owyang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owyang is found most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Owyang? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 575,362nd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,322,753 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Owyang live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 528 people, or 1 in 686,475. In The United States Owyang is most common in: California, where 91 percent are found, Michigan, where 2 percent are found and Washington, where 1 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.

Owyang Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Owyang surname are 43.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Owyang earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.08% more than the national average, earning $51,813 USD per year and in Canada they earn 52.64% more than the national average, earning $75,834 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ouwyang921/
Oweyang921/
Owyong83625/
Awyang834/
Obyang833/
Howiang7732/
Auwyang775/
Hobyang771/
Obiang6745,949/
Awyong67328/
Abyang67107/
Ewiang674/
Awiang672/

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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 Owyang
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