Ojwach Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Ojwach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 224 | 1:206,160 | 14,854 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ojwach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojwach is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwach? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,088,856th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojwach live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 206,160. In Kenya Ojwach is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 45 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 30 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Ojwach exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owach | 91 | 211 | / |
| Howach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owatch | 83 | 1 | / |
| O'Watch | 77 | 10 | / |
| Hojbach | 77 | 4 | / |
| Howatch | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ochwach | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oswatch | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jiwachh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Juach | 73 | 6,271 | / |
| Obach | 73 | 977 | / |
| Iwach | 73 | 128 | / |
| Awach | 73 | 104 | / |
| Ewach | 73 | 46 | / |
| Ovach | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owoch | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jbach | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ochwache | 71 | 1 | / |
| Juache | 67 | 1,063 | / |
| Ewache | 67 | 922 | / |
| Hawach | 67 | 243 | / |
| Awache | 67 | 165 | / |
| Hobach | 67 | 71 | / |
| Owuoch | 67 | 61 | / |
| Owoche | 67 | 32 | / |
| Owoich | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ahwach | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hovach | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ajuach | 67 | 5 | / |
| Iwache | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oibach | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ovache | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyuach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howoch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jibach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aswach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iouach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euwach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awuach | 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
- 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 Ojwach
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