Ojwan Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ojwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ojwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojwan is most common in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Ojwan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojwan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Ojwan is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Ojwan
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