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 last name Ochieng is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant: Ochíéng. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieng? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,484th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 20,133 people. This last name is primarily found 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 widespread given name worldwide It is held by 93,038 people.
Ochieng is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 336,595 people, or 1 in 137. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisumu County, where 20 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent reside and Siaya County, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.
Ochieng Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ochieng last name 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 US average, with 90% registered with the 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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