Apwoka Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Apwoka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apwoka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3021:152,91412,145
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Apwoka (10) may also be a first name.

Apwoka Last Name Facts

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

Apwoka is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apwoka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 885,573rd most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Apwoka reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Apwoka is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.

Apwoka is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya Apwoka is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 54 percent live, Kakamega County, where 40 percent live and Nairobi County, where 3 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 0 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Apwoka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Apwoka last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apwokha921/
Apwaka8311/
Abwoka8310/
Opwoka837/
Apuokas773/
Apwakai771/
Abwokah771/
Opwokai771/
Opwaka67187/
Abwaka67170/
Opwoko67149/
Apuaka6749/
Abwoko6711/
Abweka674/
Avwaka673/
Apwako672/
Apuokaitė672/
Abwoki672/
Avwoko671/
Epwaka671/
Obwoka671/

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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 Apwoka
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