Okemwa Surname
Approximately 9,547 people bear this surname
Okemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,471 | 1:4,876 | 688 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Okemwa (1,714) may also be a first name.
Okemwa Demographics
Okemwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okemwa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okemwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Okemwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,480th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 763,334 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okemwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 185,478th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 1,714 people.
Okemwa is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,471 people, or 1 in 4,876. In Kenya Okemwa is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 51 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 16 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Okemwa occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Okemwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Okemwa are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okemwa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.05% less than the national average, earning $42,263 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 Okemwa
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