Ogwayo Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Ogwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 552 | 1:83,659 | 7,685 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogwayo (86) may also be a first name.
Ogwayo Demographics
Ogwayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogwayo is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogwayo is the 554,992nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,696,073 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogwayo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ogwayo is also the 1,032,266th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 86 people.
Ogwayo is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 39 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 33 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 22 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Ogwayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ogwayo
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