Okwenye Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Okwenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 513 | 1:76,100 | 8,290 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Okwenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwenye has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwenye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 602,749th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. Okwenye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwenye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Okwenye is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 76,100. In Uganda Okwenye is most prevalent in: Apac District, where 21 percent reside, Otuke District, where 20 percent reside and Lira District, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akwenye | 86 | 1,011 | / |
| Okwenya | 86 | 32 | / |
| Okwenje | 86 | 23 | / |
| Ukwenye | 86 | 19 | / |
| Okwanye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hakwenye | 80 | 177 | / |
| Akwenyet | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ongwenye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akweenye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogwenyet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuenye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenyea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukwenya | 71 | 1,554 | / |
| Ogbenye | 71 | 60 | / |
| Okwinya | 71 | 56 | / |
| Ukwenge | 71 | 10 | / |
| Akwenya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Akwonye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akwenje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okwenji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogwenge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ukwanye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ukweeeenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agwenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akuenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwenyit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okouegne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angwenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakuenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwaniey | 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 Okwenye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis