Okwenyi Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Okwenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 123 | 1:317,393 | 21,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Okwenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwenyi is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okwenyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwenyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okwenyi is the 1,612,213th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwenyi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Okwenyi is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 317,393. In Uganda Okwenyi is most common in: Pallisa District, where 46 percent live, Bugiri District, where 11 percent live and Buikwe District, where 10 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuenyi | 93 | 30 | / |
| Okweny | 92 | 1,093 | / |
| Okweni | 92 | 208 | / |
| Ekwenyi | 86 | 152 | / |
| Okwanyi | 86 | 151 | / |
| Akwenyi | 86 | 123 | / |
| Ukwenyi | 86 | 42 | / |
| Hokweni | 86 | 21 | / |
| Ogwenyi | 86 | 7 | / |
| Okwinyi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okuenyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okweuni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okweney | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ongwenyi | 80 | 1,777 | / |
| Ukwuenyi | 80 | 43 | / |
| Ogwuenyi | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ekweanyi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ukweni | 77 | 885 | / |
| Ekweny | 77 | 631 | / |
| Akweny | 77 | 452 | / |
| Okwena | 77 | 262 | / |
| Ekweni | 77 | 106 | / |
| Ogweny | 77 | 93 | / |
| Okwene | 77 | 75 | / |
| Okwani | 77 | 63 | / |
| Akweni | 77 | 49 | / |
| Ogweni | 77 | 31 | / |
| Okwoni | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okwiny | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ukweny | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okueni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwony | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ongwwenyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akwanyi | 71 | 266 | / |
| Ekweani | 71 | 259 | / |
| Ogwanyi | 71 | 171 | / |
| Okwenne | 71 | 37 | / |
| Agwenyi | 71 | 31 | / |
| Ekwenie | 71 | 29 | / |
| Oguenyi | 71 | 27 | / |
| Ukwueni | 71 | 26 | / |
| Okwenje | 71 | 23 | / |
| Egwenyi | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ogwonyi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Okwuene | 71 | 17 | / |
| Akuenyi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ekwinyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akwenyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ugwenyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwenit | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okhwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gocweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwoene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okweneh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwinyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwenui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwenni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwenei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akweeny | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwinyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwinyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okkwena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hokwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angwenyi | 67 | 6,175 | / |
| Ugwuenyi | 67 | 102 | / |
| Ungwenyi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ugweanyi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ogwuinyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukwuenay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egwuenyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onghweni | 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 Okwenyi
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