Okwana Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Okwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 452 | 1:86,370 | 9,083 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okwana (21) may also be a first name.
Okwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwana occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 625,459th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwana live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okwana is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 86,370. In Uganda Okwana is most frequent in: Pallisa District, where 39 percent reside, Serere District, where 11 percent reside and Zombo District, where 9 percent reside. Not including Uganda Okwana is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Okwana
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