Urowu Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Urowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Urowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Urowu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Urowu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,168,344th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Urowu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Urowu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 84 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urhowu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orowu | 80 | 26 | / |
| Irowu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Urovu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Urewu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orowhu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uruovu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jirowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uirewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orowhou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ourobou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouroubou | 62 | 630 | / |
| Hourobou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Urubu | 60 | 216 | / |
| Urabu | 60 | 67 | / |
| Oruwu | 60 | 17 | / |
| Uravu | 60 | 10 | / |
| Uruvu | 60 | 4 | / |
| Orawu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Urevu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Guruvu | 55 | 1,459 | / |
| Urubau | 55 | 18 | / |
| Usravu | 55 | 11 | / |
| Uravup | 55 | 10 | / |
| Hurubu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Guravu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Huruvu | 55 | 5 | / |
| Urawoo | 55 | 5 | / |
| Ureubu | 55 | 4 | / |
| Uravau | 55 | 3 | / |
| Orovou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Orovuu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Auravu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jirawu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Iroevu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gurravu | 50 | 11 | / |
| Guravau | 50 | 1 | / |
| Urabhuj | 50 | 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
- 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 Urowu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis