Okwemba Surname
Approximately 2,969 people bear this surname
Okwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,934 | 1:15,740 | 1,879 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Okwemba (476) may also be a first name.
Okwemba Demographics
Okwemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwemba has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 148,857th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,454,546 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwemba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Okwemba is also the 389,954th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 476 people.
The surname Okwemba is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,934 people, or 1 in 15,740. In Kenya Okwemba is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 33 percent live, Kakamega County, where 19 percent live and Nairobi County, where 16 percent live. Not including Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Okwemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (98%) in Kenya.
Okwemba earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.99% less than the national average, earning $28,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwembah | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ekwemba | 86 | 80 | / |
| Okwamba | 86 | 63 | / |
| Okwomba | 86 | 43 | / |
| Ogwemba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akwemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hankwemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akwembi | 71 | 185 | / |
| Ogwomba | 71 | 53 | / |
| Ekwamba | 71 | 48 | / |
| Akwembe | 71 | 34 | / |
| Ekwomba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Akwamba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Okwambo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ugwemba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ogwimba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oukwahamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ankwembe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Okouembe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Akwambai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogwambai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akweambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakwamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukuhemba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okwemba
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