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 carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 554,992nd most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The last name Ogwayo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogwayo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 86 people.
The surname Ogwayo is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Siaya County, where 39 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 33 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Ogwayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ogwayo surname 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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