Ogweny Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Ogweny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ogweny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogweny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogweny is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogweny? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Ogweny is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweny live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 518,875. In Kenya Ogweny is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 87 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Ogweny occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwenyi | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ongwenyi | 86 | 1,777 | / |
| Ogwuenyi | 86 | 9 | / |
| Okweny | 83 | 1,093 | / |
| Ogwene | 83 | 79 | / |
| Ogweni | 83 | 31 | / |
| Agweny | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ogwena | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ogbeny | 83 | 5 | / |
| Egweny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ongwwenyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogwanyi | 77 | 171 | / |
| Okwenyi | 77 | 125 | / |
| Agwenyo | 77 | 43 | / |
| Agwenyi | 77 | 31 | / |
| Oguenyi | 77 | 27 | / |
| Egwenyi | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ogwonyi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ogwuene | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ogwenge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ugwenyi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ongwene | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okweney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwinyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Angwenyi | 71 | 6,175 | / |
| Ugwuenyi | 71 | 102 | / |
| Okwuenyi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Oghwiene | 71 | 17 | / |
| Ohgwiene | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ungwenyi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ugweanyi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ogwuinyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ogwinaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwuenyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onghweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbeiniy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweny | 67 | 631 | / |
| Ogbene | 67 | 527 | / |
| Akweny | 67 | 452 | / |
| Okwena | 67 | 262 | / |
| Okweni | 67 | 208 | / |
| Agwena | 67 | 93 | / |
| Ocwany | 67 | 90 | / |
| Ogwane | 67 | 77 | / |
| Okwene | 67 | 75 | / |
| Egwene | 67 | 38 | / |
| Agweni | 67 | 28 | / |
| Agwene | 67 | 17 | / |
| Agwany | 67 | 13 | / |
| Agbeny | 67 | 10 | / |
| Oguene | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okwiny | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agueny | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogwine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukweny | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogbiny | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ang'wenyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwony | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oqwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oguiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwiny | 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 Ogweny
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