Ogwere Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Ogwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 124 | 1:314,833 | 21,485 |
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ogwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwere has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,121,821st most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname Ogwere is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwere live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Ogwere is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 314,833. In Uganda Ogwere is most frequent in: Katakwi District, where 43 percent are found, Soroti District, where 31 percent are found and Amuria District, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Ogwere
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