Ochingwa Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Ochingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Kenya | 110 | 1:419,817 | 22,966 |
Ochingwa (32) may also be a first name.
Ochingwa Demographics
Ochingwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ochingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochingwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochingwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ochingwa is the 945,594th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Ochingwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochingwa are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochingwa is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 32 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria Ochingwa is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 87 percent are found, Rivers, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 40 percent are found.
Ochingwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ochingwa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochingwah | 94 | 10 | / |
| Ochiengwa | 94 | 3 | / |
| Echingwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Achingwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ochengwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gachingwa | 82 | 2 | / |
| Hachingwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ogingwa | 80 | 23 | / |
| Osingwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uchengwa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ashingwa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hazingwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Akhingwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Oshingwo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ochimgwo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Achungwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Achengwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ojingwah | 75 | 2 | / |
| Achingwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Odzingwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Asingwa | 67 | 249 | / |
| Ojingba | 67 | 29 | / |
| Osengwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Azingwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okengwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ocengua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Achesengwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajingwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogingwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ochingwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis