Okwalo Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Okwalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| Uganda | 61 | 1:639,988 | 33,288 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Okwalo Demographics
Okwalo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwalo is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwalo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okwalo is the 990,978th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwalo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 239,274. In Kenya Okwalo is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent reside, Busia County, where 37 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Okwalo exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Okwalo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwalo | 83 | 73 | / |
| Okwala | 83 | 42 | / |
| Ogwalo | 83 | 23 | / |
| Akwalo | 83 | 10 | / |
| Okwelo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ocwalo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwolo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oukhwalou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealo | 77 | 32 | / |
| Ogwallo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekwaelo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okwohlo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwualo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akwalos | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okwuilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwallo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwaala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuelo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealuo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ekwealou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akwealuo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Agwalo | 67 | 421 | / |
| Akwala | 67 | 350 | / |
| Ekwala | 67 | 178 | / |
| Ogwala | 67 | 111 | / |
| Ocwala | 67 | 84 | / |
| Okuala | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ogwolo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ekwolo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Okwela | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ogbalo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okwola | 67 | 8 | / |
| Akwelo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ukwala | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okuolo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ogwelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekwelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekualo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akualo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acwalo | 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 Okwalo
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