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 Ochieng Salary in
United States
$41,885 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ochieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochieng is most common in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ochíéng. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,133 people. The surname Ochieng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochieng reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 10,872nd most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 93,038 people.
Ochieng is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 336,595 people, or 1 in 137. In Kenya Ochieng is most frequent in: Kisumu County, where 20 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent live and Siaya County, where 18 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname is found 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 devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Ochieng surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90% registered to vote for 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
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- 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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