Okwii Surname
Approximately 8,345 people bear this surname
Okwii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8,166 | 1:4,781 | 873 |
| Kenya | 167 | 1:276,526 | 18,122 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okwii (14) may also be a first name.
Okwii Demographics
Okwii Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwii Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwii occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwii? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 60,377th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 873,283 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwii live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okwii is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 14 people.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 8,166 people, or 1 in 4,781. In Uganda Okwii is mostly found in: Kumi District, where 22 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 17 percent reside and Amuria District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.
Okwii Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwi | 89 | 5,004 | / |
| Akwii | 80 | 8,544 | / |
| Okwai | 80 | 940 | / |
| Okwei | 80 | 644 | / |
| Ocwii | 80 | 569 | / |
| Okwit | 80 | 24 | / |
| Okwoi | 80 | 20 | / |
| Okwui | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ekwii | 80 | 8 | / |
| Okwis | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okwie | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ogwii | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gokwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okwiy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hokwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ookwai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okwije | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocwhii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okui | 67 | 11,223 | / |
| Akwi | 67 | 6,946 | / |
| Okwe | 67 | 6,393 | / |
| Okwa | 67 | 2,740 | / |
| Ocwi | 67 | 807 | / |
| Okwy | 67 | 61 | / |
| Okwuije | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ekwi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ukwi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ogwi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Oqwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oskueii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounkwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okweije | 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 Okwii
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