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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwau? popularity and diffusion
Okwau is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Okwau is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Okwau live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most common in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 80 percent live and Siaya County, where 20 percent live. Barring Kenya Okwau is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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