Okwatch Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Okwatch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwatch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya191:2,430,52136,895
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Okwatch Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okwatch Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okwatch is most common in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwatch? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Okwatch occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwatch are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,430,521. In Kenya it is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 21 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 21 percent are found and Migori County, where 21 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwach922,309/
Okwache86107/
Okwac831/
Okwuache806/
Akwach77106/
Okwaci772/
Ocwach771/
Okwoch771/
Okwoche711,571/
Ogwache716/
Okuache714/
Akwache713/
Okwatse711/
Ogwauche673/
Okwooche671/
Angwatch671/
Akwac671/
Okwuoche671/
Okwoiche671/

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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
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  • 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 Okwatch
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