Okeng'o Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Okeng'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeng'o Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3931:117,5069,884
Tanzania1371:386,43527,768
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Okeng'o (11) may also be a first name.

Okeng'o Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okeng'o Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okeng'o occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeng'o? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 587,571st most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. The surname Okeng'o occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okeng'o live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 117,506. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kisii County, where 74 percent live, Nyamira County, where 19 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent live. Beside Kenya Okeng'o occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Okeng'o Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Okeng'o surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okengo921,641/
Akeng'o86442/
Okiengo862/
Oking'o862/
Okenggo862/
Oken'go861/
Okengoh861/
Okeng'a861/
Akengo77721/
Okingo77286/
Ekengo77265/
Okenga77202/
Ocengo7710/
Ukengo7710/
Hokngo771/
Ochengo71643/
Ockenga71416/
Akeng'a7156/
Okkenga7130/
Okienga7110/
Okiongo717/
Hukengo716/
Okeunga713/
Ekiengo711/
Okingou711/
Okengha711/
Ukemngo711/
Oquengo711/
Oekenga710/
Hoekenga67252/
Ekngo674/
Hockenga672/

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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 Okeng'o
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