Okwach Surname
Approximately 2,309 people bear this surname
Okwach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,167 | 1:21,311 | 2,447 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Okwach (441) may also be a first name.
Okwach Demographics
Okwach Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwach is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwach? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 183,872nd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,156,148 people. The last name Okwach occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwach live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okwach is also the 408,221st most widely held given name globally, borne by 441 people.
The last name Okwach is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 2,167 people, or 1 in 21,311. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 21 percent live, Migori County, where 19 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 17 percent live. Barring Kenya Okwach occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Okwach Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwache | 92 | 107 | / |
| Okwatch | 92 | 21 | / |
| Okwac | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwuache | 86 | 6 | / |
| Akwach | 83 | 106 | / |
| Okwaci | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwech | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ocwach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwoch | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwoche | 77 | 1,571 | / |
| Ogwache | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ongwach | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okuache | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akwache | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ukwache | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwac | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwauche | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ongweach | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwuoche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwoiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwooche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwech | 67 | 299 | / |
| Ogwech | 67 | 15 | / |
| Akuach | 67 | 8 | / |
| Akwoch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okuoch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuech | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okwach
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