Ojwok Surname
Approximately 748 people bear this surname
Ojwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 729 | 1:53,552 | 6,386 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojwok (10) may also be a first name.
Ojwok Demographics
Ojwok Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojwok occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojwok? popularity and diffusion
It is the 453,475th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,742,708 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojwok are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 729 people, or 1 in 53,552. In Uganda Ojwok is most frequent in: Abim District, where 89 percent are found, Kaberamaido District, where 7 percent are found and Soroti District, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Ojwok Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owok | 89 | 155 | / |
| Jwok | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ojuok | 80 | 1,465 | / |
| Ajwok | 80 | 30 | / |
| Owoke | 80 | 24 | / |
| Jiwok | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ujwok | 80 | 6 | / |
| Howok | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ojwak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jwock | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owuok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oujwuoke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owooke | 73 | 22 | / |
| Owhoke | 73 | 9 | / |
| Owoike | 73 | 7 | / |
| Owokch | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ojuoke | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ohwoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ujwoke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojwuke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yowouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejawok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojuock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iwok | 67 | 4,737 | / |
| Awok | 67 | 809 | / |
| Owak | 67 | 382 | / |
| Ewok | 67 | 120 | / |
| Juok | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ujwuoke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Owog | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyewoke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jwak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ywok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jwoc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jbok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howocks | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ojwok
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