Okweny Surname

337,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,093 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okweny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okweny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,0911:35,7834,682
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Okweny (10) may also be a first name.

Okweny Last Name Facts

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

Okweny is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okweny click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okweny? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 337,050th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,667,471 people. The last name Okweny occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okweny reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,091 people, or 1 in 35,783. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Alebtong District, where 12 percent are found, Kumi District, where 12 percent are found and Kole District, where 11 percent are found. Besides Uganda Okweny is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwenyi92125/
Okweney921/
Okwuenyi8630/
Akweny83452/
Okwena83262/
Okweni83208/
Ogweny8393/
Okwene8375/
Okwiny835/
Ukweny833/
Okwony831/
Okwanyi77151/
Akwenyi77123/
Ukwenyi7742/
Okwenje7723/
Hokweni7721/
Okwuene7717/
Ogwenyi777/
Okwinyi775/
Akwenyo773/
Okwoene771/
Hokwene771/
Okkwena771/
Okwinyo771/
Akweeny771/
Okuenyi771/
Okweneh771/
Okweuni771/
Ongwenyi711,777/
Ukwuenyi7143/
Ogwuenyi719/
Ukwuenay712/
Ukweni67885/
Ocwany6790/
Ogwene6779/
Okwani6763/
Akwena6763/
Akweni6749/
Okwane6732/
Ogweni6731/
Agweny6720/
Akwene6715/
Ogwena678/
Okwoni676/
Ogbeny675/
Akwiny673/
Akueny672/
Ukwene672/
Okuene672/
Okwone672/
Okwini671/
Oqwena671/
Ukwena671/
Okueni671/
Ongwwenyi671/

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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 Okweny
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis