Okwenge Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okwenge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okwenge Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1021:382,73824,349
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419

Okwenge Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwenge is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwenge? popularity and diffusion

Okwenge is the 1,785,358th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwenge are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 382,738. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Apac District, where 88 percent live and Amolatar District, where 12 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwenje8623/
Okwenga8611/
Ukwenge8610/
Ekwenge865/
Ogwenge862/
Akwenge862/
Ukwenghe801/
Okwengha801/
Agwenge71984/
Ukwenga7199/
Ogwenga7119/
Okwenji712/
Akwenje712/
Akwenze711/
Ekwengi711/
Egwenge711/
Akwenche679/
Hokouenguet671/
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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 Okwenge
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