Ogweo Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ogweo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ogweo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda931:419,77725,768
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Ogweo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogweo occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogweo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ogweo is the 1,907,068th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Ogweo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Ogweo is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 419,777. In Uganda Ogweo is most common in: Kole District, where 70 percent reside, Apac District, where 15 percent reside and Oyam District, where 12 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ongweo9149/
Agweo80148/
Ocweo8020/
Ogwio8018/
Egweo802/
Ogwea801/
Okweo801/
Ogbeo801/
Angweo7353/
Ogwijo735/
Okweao731/
Agweho731/
Ugweoud673/
Ogwuijo671/
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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 Ogweo
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