Ojowi Surname

277,773rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ojowi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojowi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,3451:34,3343,722
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ojowi (187) may also be a first name.

Ojowi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ojowi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ojowi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojowi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 277,773rd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,227,795 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojowi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ojowi is also the 665,130th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 187 people.

The last name Ojowi is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,345 people, or 1 in 34,334. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Migori County, where 47 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 32 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Ojowi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ojowi last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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Jawi677,293/
Jobi671,058/
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Osowitt679/
Odjouvi677/
Ojwa673/
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Ojui672/
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Ouwi671/
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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 Ojowi
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