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 found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant: Ochíéng. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieng? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 20,133 people. The last name Ochieng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochieng live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ochieng is also the 10,872nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 93,038 people.
The last name Ochieng is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 336,595 people, or 1 in 137. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kisumu County, where 20 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent reside and Siaya County, where 18 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname 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 holding the Ochieng surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ochieng surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90% being registered to vote for 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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