Ojwang Surname
Approximately 22,646 people bear this surname
Ojwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 20,340 | 1:2,270 | 360 |
| Uganda | 1,740 | 1:22,436 | 3,259 |
| Tanzania | 419 | 1:126,352 | 11,892 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Ojwang (3,933) may also be a first name.
Ojwang Demographics
Average Ojwang Salary in
United States
$50,325 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ojwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojwang occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 23,892nd most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 321,803 people. The surname Ojwang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojwang are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ojwang is also the 111,600th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 3,933 people.
Ojwang is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 20,340 people, or 1 in 2,270. In Kenya Ojwang is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 21 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 18 percent reside and Migori County, where 16 percent reside. Barring Kenya it exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Ojwang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Ojwang earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 142.16% more than the national average, earning R 575,472 per year and in United States they earn 16.63% more than the national average, earning $50,325 USD per year.
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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 Ojwang
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