Okwayi Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Okwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Okwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwayi is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Okwayi is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okwayi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Okwayi is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 867,540. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Masindi District, where 29 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 18 percent are found and Hoima District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Okwayi
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