Okwiri Surname
Approximately 2,920 people bear this surname
Okwiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,680 | 1:17,231 | 2,063 |
| Uganda | 205 | 1:190,436 | 15,550 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Okwiri (318) may also be a first name.
Okwiri Demographics
Okwiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwiri is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okwiri.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 150,920th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,495,735 people. The last name Okwiri is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwiri live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okwiri is also the 492,367th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 318 people.
Okwiri is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,680 people, or 1 in 17,231. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 23 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 20 percent reside and Siaya County, where 16 percent reside. Not including Kenya Okwiri exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Okwiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (98%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akwiri | 83 | 441 | / |
| Okweri | 83 | 154 | / |
| Okwira | 83 | 63 | / |
| Okwuri | 83 | 34 | / |
| Ogwiri | 83 | 24 | / |
| Ekwiri | 83 | 10 | / |
| Okwiry | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okuiri | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwire | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwueri | 77 | 43 | / |
| Okwirry | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ekweiri | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ekwairi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwiera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwairi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwurie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwera | 67 | 16,697 | / |
| Okwere | 67 | 594 | / |
| Ogweri | 67 | 202 | / |
| Ekwire | 67 | 196 | / |
| Ogbiri | 67 | 122 | / |
| Akweri | 67 | 79 | / |
| Ukweri | 67 | 75 | / |
| Ekweri | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akwira | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ogwire | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ukwira | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okwery | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okwure | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akwire | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogwuri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogwira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agwiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwèri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aqwiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwiry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwiry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okueri | 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 Okwiri
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