Owén Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Owén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 49 | 1:200,954 | 13,911 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
The alternate forms: Owen (203,153) & Owën (1) are calculated separately.
Owén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owén is found most frequently in Sweden. It may appear as: Owen or Owën. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owén? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Owén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Owén is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 200,954. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Jämtland County, where 59 percent are found, Gävleborg County, where 12 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Sweden it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owen | 92 | 203,153 | / |
| Owën | 92 | 1 | / |
| Own | 86 | 7,224 | / |
| Owin | 75 | 532 | / |
| Owne | 75 | 108 | / |
| Ovén | 75 | 28 | / |
| Hown | 75 | 21 | / |
| Ojén | 75 | 16 | / |
| Ouwn | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ownc | 75 | 3 | / |
| Obén | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ohwn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oiwn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oywn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oewn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ownn | 75 | 0 | / |
| Howen | 67 | 847 | / |
| Owene | 67 | 106 | / |
| Owain | 67 | 67 | / |
| Hovén | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ohwin | 67 | 28 | / |
| Owhin | 67 | 27 | / |
| Owean | 67 | 25 | / |
| Owhen | 67 | 25 | / |
| Owenn | 67 | 17 | / |
| Owien | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ouwen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Owine | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hawén | 67 | 10 | / |
| Owein | 67 | 8 | / |
| Owehn | 67 | 7 | / |
| Govén | 67 | 6 | / |
| Howin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oewin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goyén | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoswn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oween | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owuen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oowen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owesn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owwen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ownne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owinn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohwen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owìnø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouwn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gownn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oewyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owjnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojwng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howne | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hoown | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owén
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