Okwau Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwau is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Okwau reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Okwau is most common in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 80 percent live and Siaya County, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
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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 Okwau
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