Ogweri Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Ogweri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 177 | 1:260,903 | 17,444 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ogweri (279) may also be a first name.
Ogweri Demographics
Ogweri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogweri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogweri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogweri is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogweri? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogweri is the 1,177,228th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. Ogweri is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweri reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 531,524th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 279 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 260,903. In Kenya Ogweri is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 58 percent live, Nyamira County, where 41 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Ogweri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogueri | 83 | 2,221 | / |
| Ogwari | 83 | 917 | / |
| Ogwori | 83 | 389 | / |
| Ogwere | 83 | 216 | / |
| Okweri | 83 | 154 | / |
| Ogberi | 83 | 70 | / |
| Ogwiri | 83 | 24 | / |
| Ogwera | 83 | 16 | / |
| Egweri | 83 | 13 | / |
| Agweri | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ocweri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oghwere | 77 | 201 | / |
| Angweri | 77 | 136 | / |
| Ughweri | 77 | 56 | / |
| Okwueri | 77 | 43 | / |
| Hagweri | 77 | 18 | / |
| Ogweere | 77 | 10 | / |
| Agwerit | 77 | 8 | / |
| Egwerii | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ogweret | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ogwerhe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oogueri | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogworie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oghwori | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oygueri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogcueri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwhere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aghweri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugwheri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouguerri | 71 | 137 | / |
| Hogwerhe | 71 | 27 | / |
| Ogbeheri | 71 | 12 | / |
| Eghweiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghweyri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghwerie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwera | 67 | 16,697 | / |
| Okwori | 67 | 6,494 | / |
| Okwiri | 67 | 2,920 | / |
| Ogbere | 67 | 1,302 | / |
| Oguere | 67 | 637 | / |
| Okwere | 67 | 594 | / |
| Agwere | 67 | 440 | / |
| Agwera | 67 | 406 | / |
| Agwari | 67 | 283 | / |
| Okwari | 67 | 187 | / |
| Ogware | 67 | 123 | / |
| Ogbiri | 67 | 122 | / |
| Egwere | 67 | 108 | / |
| Agwori | 67 | 87 | / |
| Akweri | 67 | 79 | / |
| Ukweri | 67 | 75 | / |
| Egwari | 67 | 59 | / |
| Ekweri | 67 | 45 | / |
| Agberi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Agueri | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ogwire | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwery | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oguari | 67 | 9 | / |
| Egwerehie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugueri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agwiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okueri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugberi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocwera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogbery | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ogweri
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