Ohuru Surname
Approximately 3,009 people bear this surname
Ohuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,779 | 1:16,617 | 1,995 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| Uganda | 106 | 1:368,295 | 23,776 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
Ohuru (515) may also be a first name.
Ohuru Demographics
Ohuru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ohuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ohuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ohuru is found most in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ohuru? popularity and diffusion
Ohuru is the 147,202nd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,421,916 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ohuru live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ohuru is also the 372,418th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 515 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,779 people, or 1 in 16,617. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisii County, where 48 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 12 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Ohuru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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 Ohuru
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