Ojiwa Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Ojiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 345 | 1:133,855 | 10,969 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ojiwa Demographics
Ojiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojiwa occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 793,288th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojiwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 133,855. In Kenya Ojiwa is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 23 percent reside, Siaya County, where 22 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Ojiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ojiwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojeiwa | 91 | 247 | / |
| Ojiewa | 91 | 93 | / |
| Odjiwa | 91 | 21 | / |
| Ojiwua | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ojiswa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ojiwga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ojiwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hojiwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oiwa | 89 | 17,800 | / |
| Ojwa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ojowa | 80 | 419 | / |
| Ojiba | 80 | 175 | / |
| Hojwa | 80 | 76 | / |
| Ajiwa | 80 | 48 | / |
| Ojewa | 80 | 31 | / |
| Ijiwa | 80 | 17 | / |
| Oyiwa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ociwa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Osiwa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ojiwe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ojawa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hoiwa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ejiwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ogiwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oiwah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oiwas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojjwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojswa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojwat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oiwai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yojwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojiva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hosiwa | 73 | 289 | / |
| Oiwaya | 73 | 250 | / |
| Adjiwa | 73 | 193 | / |
| Ogiewa | 73 | 107 | / |
| Ojibah | 73 | 23 | / |
| Ajiwah | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ojiweh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gojowa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ojiewo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ojewoa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Osiewa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hoiawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oziewa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oseiwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hoyiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goiwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yojiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojivea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojowah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojieua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oejiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oiwa'a | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oisiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejiwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojivwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hojieva | 67 | 5,368 | / |
| Ajwa | 67 | 2,523 | / |
| Aiwa | 67 | 1,321 | / |
| Ojua | 67 | 1,137 | / |
| Ouwa | 67 | 618 | / |
| Oiva | 67 | 454 | / |
| Oiba | 67 | 291 | / |
| Oywa | 67 | 189 | / |
| Jiwe | 67 | 145 | / |
| Oiwo | 67 | 140 | / |
| Odziewa | 67 | 80 | / |
| Eiwa | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ojishua | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ijwa | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ojwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ojwo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ejwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oiua | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ujwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oiwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ojowoha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ojwi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hadjiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojwy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iwea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adjoiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajiwath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojisuah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ojiwa
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