Ojwaya Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Ojwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 181 | 1:255,138 | 17,241 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ojwaya Demographics
Ojwaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojwaya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ojwaya is the 1,248,410th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. Ojwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ojwaya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 255,138. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent live, Migori County, where 42 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Ojwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ojwaya last name 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 Ojwaya
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