Owoya Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Owoya Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owoya (86) may also be a first name.
Owoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owoya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owoya is the 1,082,743rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owoya live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Owoya is also the 1,032,266th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 86 people.
The surname Owoya is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 348,300. In Tanzania Owoya is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 85 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Owuoya | 91 | 2 | / |
Owoaya | 91 | 2 | / |
Oywoya | 91 | 1 | / |
Owoa | 89 | 186 | / |
Owoy | 89 | 2 | / |
Oboya | 80 | 3,486 | / |
Ovoya | 80 | 2,335 | / |
Owoye | 80 | 407 | / |
Oweya | 80 | 232 | / |
Awoya | 80 | 224 | / |
Owuya | 80 | 105 | / |
Owoyi | 80 | 99 | / |
Owiya | 80 | 76 | / |
Owaya | 80 | 66 | / |
Owoja | 80 | 34 | / |
Ewoya | 80 | 17 | / |
Owoyo | 80 | 12 | / |
Owoey | 80 | 4 | / |
Uwoya | 80 | 4 | / |
Oswoy | 80 | 1 | / |
Owyia | 80 | 1 | / |
Howoa | 80 | 1 | / |
Oiwaya | 73 | 250 | / |
Hoboya | 73 | 192 | / |
Ojwaya | 73 | 185 | / |
Oswoyo | 73 | 81 | / |
Oyuoya | 73 | 75 | / |
Owheya | 73 | 32 | / |
Howeya | 73 | 8 | / |
Oowoyo | 73 | 5 | / |
Owohia | 73 | 5 | / |
Hawoya | 73 | 5 | / |
Owoeyi | 73 | 5 | / |
Oywoyo | 73 | 4 | / |
Ovouya | 73 | 4 | / |
Ovooya | 73 | 3 | / |
Owojah | 73 | 3 | / |
Owooye | 73 | 3 | / |
Awooya | 73 | 2 | / |
Obooya | 73 | 2 | / |
Oboyha | 73 | 2 | / |
Owehya | 73 | 1 | / |
Ohweya | 73 | 1 | / |
Oweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
Avooya | 73 | 1 | / |
Oweyad | 73 | 1 | / |
Owayat | 73 | 1 | / |
Oswiya | 73 | 1 | / |
Howoha | 73 | 1 | / |
Howoyd | 73 | 1 | / |
Abooya | 73 | 1 | / |
Owoiyi | 73 | 1 | / |
Osuoya | 73 | 1 | / |
Ooviya | 73 | 1 | / |
Howoey | 73 | 1 | / |
Awoyat | 73 | 1 | / |
Owuoye | 73 | 1 | / |
Owiyah | 73 | 1 | / |
Owai | 67 | 1,796 | / |
Oboy | 67 | 724 | / |
Awoa | 67 | 692 | / |
Oway | 67 | 332 | / |
Owaa | 67 | 279 | / |
Awoy | 67 | 215 | / |
Owou | 67 | 171 | / |
Owoi | 67 | 135 | / |
Owayowa | 67 | 61 | / |
Ovoa | 67 | 54 | / |
Ewoy | 67 | 34 | / |
Howiyah | 67 | 27 | / |
Owey | 67 | 22 | / |
Owuy | 67 | 20 | / |
Ochwoyo | 67 | 10 | / |
Osuoyah | 67 | 8 | / |
Awoyaya | 67 | 4 | / |
Owwoeye | 67 | 4 | / |
Ochweya | 67 | 4 | / |
Ovoy | 67 | 3 | / |
Oewoeye | 67 | 2 | / |
Owoueye | 67 | 2 | / |
Owaj | 67 | 2 | / |
Owoueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
Govhoya | 67 | 1 | / |
Oweiaya | 67 | 1 | / |
Owau | 67 | 1 | / |
Uwuoyah | 67 | 1 | / |
Owea | 67 | 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 Owoya
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