Olwende Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Olwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olwende Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Olwende Demographics

Olwende Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Olwende Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olwende is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olwende.

How Common Is The Last Name Olwende? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Olwende is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olwende reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Olwende is mostly concentrated in: Siaya County, where 57 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 14 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent reside.

Olwende Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Olwende surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olwenda865/
Olwendi864/
Alwende861/
Alwendi7110/
Albende712/
Alwenda711/
Elwendy711/
Albendea67601/
Allwendy671/
Alwndi621/
Alwinda5771/
Alwindy5739/
Alwindi5724/
Aluenda573/
Albendi572/
Albinde571/
Halwindi53284/
Halwinda531/
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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 Olwende
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