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.

Ogweo Surname Distribution Map

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 is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogweo? popularity and diffusion

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

Ogweo is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 419,777. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kole District, where 70 percent are found, Apac District, where 15 percent are found and Oyam District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Uganda Ogweo is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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