Oguta Surname
Approximately 8,283 people bear this surname
Oguta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,107 | 1:11,244 | 1,417 |
| Nigeria | 2,569 | 1:68,954 | 5,007 |
| Uganda | 1,477 | 1:26,431 | 3,713 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oguta (727) may also be a first name.
Oguta Demographics
Oguta Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oguta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oguta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oguta occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oguta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,771st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 879,820 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oguta live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oguta is also the 305,933rd most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 727 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 4,107 people, or 1 in 11,244. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 25 percent live, Migori County, where 18 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
Oguta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Oguta surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
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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 Oguta
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