Ochieng Surname
Approximately 361,967 people bear this surname
Ochieng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 336,595 | 1:137 | 6 |
| Uganda | 18,894 | 1:2,066 | 321 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Tanzania | 1,671 | 1:31,683 | 3,741 |
| United States | 354 | 1:1,023,895 | 75,330 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 | 1:102,947 | 8,862 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Barbados | 4 | 1:71,862 | 1,737 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
The alternate forms: Ochíéng (1) are calculated separately.
Ochieng (93,038) may also be a first name.
Ochieng Demographics
Average Male Ochieng Height
172.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ochieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochieng is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Ochíéng. For other potential spellings of Ochieng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieng? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ochieng is the 1,484th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 20,133 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochieng live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 10,872nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 93,038 people.
Ochieng is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 336,595 people, or 1 in 137. In Kenya Ochieng is most common in: Kisumu County, where 20 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent live and Siaya County, where 18 percent live. Apart from Kenya it exists in 64 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.
Ochieng Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ochieng last name are 36.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90% being registered with the political party.
Ochieng earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.93% less than the national average, earning $41,885 USD per year.
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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 Ochieng
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