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
The surname Ojwang is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ojwang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,892nd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 321,803 people. Ojwang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojwang live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 111,600th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 3,933 people.
Ojwang is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 20,340 people, or 1 in 2,270. In Kenya Ojwang is primarily concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 21 percent live, Kisumu County, where 18 percent live and Migori County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Ojwang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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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