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
Ogweny occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ogweny click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogweny? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweny reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Ogweny is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 518,875. In Kenya Ogweny is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 87 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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