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 commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,248,410th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ojwaya are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 255,138. In Kenya it is most common in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent are found, Migori County, where 42 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Kenya Ojwaya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Ojwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ojwaya last name is principally 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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