Ogweno Surname
Approximately 8,762 people bear this surname
Ogweno Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,486 | 1:5,442 | 758 |
| Uganda | 130 | 1:300,302 | 20,842 |
| Tanzania | 116 | 1:456,393 | 31,870 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ogweno (1,740) may also be a first name.
Ogweno Demographics
Ogweno Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogweno Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogweno Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogweno occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogweno? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,768th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 831,722 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweno reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ogweno is also the 183,817th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 1,740 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,486 people, or 1 in 5,442. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 46 percent reside, Migori County, where 19 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Ogweno Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ogweno last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwengo | 92 | 12 | / |
| Ogwenoh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Agweno | 83 | 41 | / |
| Ogwena | 83 | 8 | / |
| Okweno | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ogwino | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogueno | 83 | 1 | / |
| Angweno | 77 | 318 | / |
| Ogwenga | 77 | 19 | / |
| Agwenoi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okwengo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ogbenou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Agwengo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gagweno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwemho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ong'wena | 71 | 4 | / |
| Anggweno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onghwena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hogbenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hougbenou | 67 | 370 | / |
| Okwena | 67 | 262 | / |
| Ogbena | 67 | 151 | / |
| Agwena | 67 | 93 | / |
| Oguino | 67 | 53 | / |
| Akweno | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hongweena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agueno | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oqwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwino | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oguena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hohgbenou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogweno
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