Okwado Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Okwado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwado (74) may also be a first name.
Okwado Demographics
Okwado Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwado Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwado is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwado? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,364,059th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwado are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 74 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 381,652. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 89 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 3 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Okwado exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Okwado Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwaado | 92 | 4 | / |
| Okwadho | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okwada | 83 | 110 | / |
| Ogwado | 83 | 52 | / |
| Okwedo | 83 | 27 | / |
| Okwodo | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ekwado | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ukwado | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akwado | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwuada | 77 | 96 | / |
| Okwuedo | 77 | 20 | / |
| Gokwada | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okwadha | 77 | 9 | / |
| Okwedho | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akwadou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweada | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwaudo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuodo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedhoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okweda | 67 | 1,956 | / |
| Akwada | 67 | 1,231 | / |
| Ogwada | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ogbado | 67 | 56 | / |
| Akwedo | 67 | 49 | / |
| Oguado | 67 | 45 | / |
| Ekwada | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ukwada | 67 | 31 | / |
| Agwado | 67 | 30 | / |
| Akwodo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ogwodo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Okuada | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ocwada | 67 | 18 | / |
| Egwado | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ekwedo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okwoda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekwodo | 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 Okwado
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