Okwonga Surname

166,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okwonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,5911:15,0672,374
England131:4,286,005132,302
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Okwonga (35) may also be a first name.

Okwonga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okwonga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okwonga has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwonga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 166,113th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,796,449 people. The last name Okwonga is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwonga reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 35 people.

This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,591 people, or 1 in 15,067. In Uganda Okwonga is mostly found in: Amuru District, where 27 percent are found, Gulu District, where 21 percent are found and Nwoya District, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwongha931/
Okwanga862,304/
Ukwonga8650/
Okwongo8623/
Akwonga866/
Okwongi866/
Okuongha8020/
Okwuanga8016/
Oikwanga8015/
Okwang'a8010/
Okwangat801/
Okwaanga801/
Okwangha801/
Oekwanga801/
Okwong'o801/
Okuonghai7513/
Okuonhgea751/
Akwongo712,155/
Akwanga71739/
Ogwanga71142/
Okwangi71109/
Okwange7150/
Ekwanga7140/
Ogbonga7119/
Okwango7116/
Ogwunga7116/
Okuongi711/
Okwunge711/
Oguonga711/
Ogwongo711/
Ekwongo711/
Ukwongo711/
Okuanga711/
Akwangha67100/
Okuonghe679/
Ekwang'a673/
Ogwang'a672/
Akwungah671/
Okwang'o671/
Okwanghi671/
Ukwangai671/
Akwangah671/
Akwangai671/
Akwonngo671/
Aekwanga671/
Akhwanga671/

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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 Okwonga
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis