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 last name Okwiri is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 150,920th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,495,735 people. The surname Okwiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwiri are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Okwiri is also the 492,367th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 318 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,680 people, or 1 in 17,231. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 23 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found and Siaya County, where 16 percent are found. Not including Kenya Okwiri is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Okwiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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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