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
Ochieng Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ochieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ochieng is found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms: Ochíéng. Click here for further potential spellings of Ochieng.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieng? popularity and diffusion
Ochieng is the 1,484th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 20,133 people. This last name 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 frequently occurring given name globally, held by 93,038 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 336,595 people, or 1 in 137. In Kenya Ochieng is most prevalent in: Kisumu County, where 20 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent are found and Siaya County, where 18 percent are found. Beside Kenya it occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Ochieng Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ochieng surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ochieng surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90% being 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
- 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
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