Ogendo Surname

191,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ogendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,0481:22,5492,567
Tanzania1381:383,63527,683
England71:7,959,723202,100
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Ogendo (451) may also be a first name.

Ogendo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ogendo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ogendo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogendo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 191,038th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,302,014 people. Ogendo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogendo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 402,848th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 451 people.

The last name Ogendo is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,048 people, or 1 in 22,549. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 35 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside and Kisii County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ogendo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ogendo surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oguendo9246/
Ongendo9220/
Ogindo83482/
Ogenda83218/
Ojendo8384/
Ugendo8377/
Osendo8365/
Egendo8349/
Agendo8315/
Ocendo839/
Ozendo836/
Ongenda77595/
Ochendo7725/
Aguendo779/
Oguindo773/
Ongindo772/
Gazendo772/
Aghendo771/
Ohgenda771/
Oggindo771/
Uguendo771/
Ocndo733/
Agndo732/
Ognda731/
Osendott7123/
Agendouz711/
Hangendo711/
Ongendha711/
Ozenda67585/
Osenda67506/
Oginda67439/
Osindo67433/
Agenda67315/
Gogendeau67218/
Asendo6735/
Agindo679/
Ojindo675/
Ojenda675/
Osnduo674/
Egindo674/
Aguendouz674/
Egenda672/
Ugenda672/
Ocenda672/
Acendo671/
Agemdo671/
Ajendo671/
Hanghendo671/

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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 Ogendo
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