Ochwo Surname
Approximately 11,420 people bear this surname
Ochwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11,402 | 1:3,424 | 610 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ochwo (74) may also be a first name.
Ochwo Demographics
Ochwo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ochwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochwo is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ochwo is the 45,438th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 638,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochwo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ochwo is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 74 people.
The surname Ochwo is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 11,402 people, or 1 in 3,424. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Tororo District, where 67 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 7 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 6 percent reside. Barring Uganda Ochwo occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Ochwo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ochwo surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochwoh | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ochwoo | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gochwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ochwot | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ochwuo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ocwo | 89 | 12 | / |
| Achwo | 80 | 273 | / |
| Ochwa | 80 | 152 | / |
| Ochuo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Oshwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ocwho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ocwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ocwoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ochuot | 73 | 18 | / |
| Echwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ochuod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocwa | 67 | 586 | / |
| Ochwadt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ochwatt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ochuoha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oswo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ocuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ochwach | 67 | 2 | / |
| Achwoth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oxwo | 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 Ochwo
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