Okwisia Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Okwisia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 182 | 1:253,736 | 17,193 |
Okwisia (10) may also be a first name.
Okwisia Demographics
Okwisia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okwisia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwisia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwisia is found most in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwisia? popularity and diffusion
Okwisia is the 1,263,456th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwisia are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename throughout the world, held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 253,736. In Kenya Okwisia is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 54 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 42 percent reside and Busia County, where 2 percent reside.
Okwisia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Okwisia last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwisiah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okwaisia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okwisa | 92 | 1,870 | / |
| Okwesia | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okwisah | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekwisia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okwuisa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okwitsa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okwisha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okwisya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okwesa | 77 | 486 | / |
| Ogwisa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akwisa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okwuesa | 71 | 26 | / |
| Ekwusia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwissa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwaisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwyosa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okuhisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hongwisa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akwushia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwaisah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okweetsa | 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 Okwisia
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