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 has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwado? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwado reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 74 people.
The last name Okwado is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 381,652. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Busia County, where 89 percent live, Kakamega County, where 3 percent live and Nairobi County, where 3 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Okwado Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okwado last name is principally 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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