Okwama Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Okwama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 341 | 1:135,425 | 11,086 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Okwama (18) may also be a first name.
Okwama Demographics
Okwama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwama occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okwama is the 796,486th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwama live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 135,425. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 48 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 26 percent are found and Siaya County, where 19 percent are found. Beside Kenya Okwama is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Okwama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwamma | 92 | 9 | / |
| Ukwama | 83 | 348 | / |
| Okwamo | 83 | 135 | / |
| Okwoma | 83 | 133 | / |
| Ekwama | 83 | 128 | / |
| Ogwama | 83 | 93 | / |
| Akwama | 83 | 67 | / |
| Okuama | 83 | 10 | / |
| Okwema | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwame | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwami | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okuhama | 77 | 1,424 | / |
| Okwuoma | 77 | 454 | / |
| Aekwama | 77 | 48 | / |
| Akwaima | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ogwuama | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okwemah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ukwuama | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gogwama | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akwamma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okwemma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ongwama | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okuatma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwomma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwamer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwamah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwamah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onkwoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okgbama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohkwame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ahukwama | 71 | 89 | / |
| Ekwuhama | 71 | 12 | / |
| Akwaimai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okuamaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gougwama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oguama | 67 | 2,804 | / |
| Okwomi | 67 | 1,064 | / |
| Akwamo | 67 | 155 | / |
| Ekwema | 67 | 134 | / |
| Okuoma | 67 | 133 | / |
| Ukwoma | 67 | 132 | / |
| Ogbama | 67 | 81 | / |
| Agwama | 67 | 36 | / |
| Akwema | 67 | 35 | / |
| Akuama | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ekuama | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ukwame | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ugwama | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ekwoma | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ogwoma | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akwami | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okwomo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwome | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwamy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwoma | 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 Okwama
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis