Ogwendo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ogwendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogwendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ogwendo Last Name Facts

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

Ogwendo is found most in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ogwendo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogwendo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ogwendo is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Ogwendo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwendo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Homa Bay County, where 33 percent are found, Kisii County, where 33 percent are found and Siaya County, where 33 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oguendo8646/
Okwendo8636/
Ogwindo862/
Agwendo862/
Ogwenda861/
Oqwendo861/
Oghwenda801/
Ogwendha801/
Agweando801/
Angwendo801/
Oquendo7135,650/
Okwenda7133/
Agbendo7127/
Aguendo719/
Agwenda715/
Okuendo714/
Oguindo713/
Ocuendo711/
Uguendo711/
Ekwendo711/
O'Quendo678/
Oquiendo675/
Hoquendo672/
Oquenndo672/
Okwendha671/
Hokwenda671/

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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 Ogwendo
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