Ojwaka Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Ojwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Ojwaka (11) may also be a first name.
Ojwaka Demographics
Ojwaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojwaka is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojwaka reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Ojwaka is most frequent in: Siaya County, where 65 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 11 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Ojwaka exists in one country. It is also found in Sudan, where 1 percent reside.
Ojwaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ojwaka surname is chiefly 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 Ojwaka
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