Okweto Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Okweto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 68 | 1:679,116 | 29,805 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okweto (29) may also be a first name.
Okweto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okweto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okweto is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okweto? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Okweto is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okweto are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent are found, Migori County, where 6 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okweta | 83 | 64 | / |
| Okwoto | 83 | 52 | / |
| Okwito | 83 | 23 | / |
| Okwato | 83 | 15 | / |
| Akweto | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ogweto | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akwetoh | 77 | 31 | / |
| Okwetta | 77 | 10 | / |
| Okwaeta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwetha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ong'weto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agweto | 67 | 414 | / |
| Okwata | 67 | 204 | / |
| Ogweta | 67 | 144 | / |
| Okwota | 67 | 56 | / |
| Akweta | 67 | 52 | / |
| Akwito | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akwato | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ekwato | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ocwoto | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ogueto | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akwoto | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekweta | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okwita | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogwato | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egweto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukweta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwoto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogbeto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugweto | 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 Okweto
- 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