Olwosi Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Olwosi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olwosi 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
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019

Olwosi Last Name Facts

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

Olwosi occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olwosi? popularity and diffusion

Olwosi is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Olwosi live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside.

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
Olwasi8338/
Alwosi836/
Olwusi834/
Olwosy833/
Olwochi77109/
Oluoshi771/
Olwahasi711/
Alwasi67161/
Oluosa6716/
Alwoji6712/
Olwasa6712/
Olwase672/
Olwezi672/
Oluoji671/
Alvosi671/
Albosi671/
Elwasi671/
Olbasi671/
Oluozi671/
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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 Olwosi
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