Ocheng Surname
Approximately 3,994 people bear this surname
Ocheng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,946 | 1:9,893 | 1,682 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Ocheng (111) may also be a first name.
Ocheng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocheng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ocheng is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocheng? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 115,574th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,824,623 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ocheng are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 890,531st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 111 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,946 people, or 1 in 9,893. In Uganda Ocheng is most frequent in: Abim District, where 33 percent live, Kiryandongo District, where 6 percent live and Agago District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ocheng
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