Ogweng Surname

101,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ogweng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogweng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4,6271:8,4371,450
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ogweng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogweng is most common in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ogweng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogweng? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ogweng is the 101,825th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,572,286 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweng are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 4,627 people, or 1 in 8,437. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Oyam District, where 22 percent live, Apac District, where 21 percent live and Kole District, where 20 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ongweng924/
Oggweng921/
Ogwng9112/
Hongweng8615/
Hougweng861/
Agweng835,372/
Egweng8311/
Okweng8311/
Angweng7717/
Gacweng7713/
Agweeng771/
Aungweng711/
Oguing67369/
Akweng6728/
Agueng6712/
Ugbeng6712/
Agbeng676/
Ekweng674/
Agwing672/
Ocwing671/
Hougueeng671/

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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 Ogweng
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