Ogweyo Surname
Approximately 666 people bear this surname
Ogweyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 486 | 1:95,020 | 8,436 |
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ogweyo Demographics
Ogweyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogweyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogweyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogweyo has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogweyo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 495,560th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,942,261 people. The surname Ogweyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogweyo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 95,020. In Kenya Ogweyo is primarily found in: Migori County, where 37 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 29 percent live and Kisumu County, where 17 percent live. Aside from Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Ogweyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ogweyo
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