Ogwana Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Ogwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 90 | 1:513,110 | 25,838 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ogwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwana occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ogwana.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Ogwana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwana are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 513,110. In Kenya Ogwana is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ogwana
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