Omonywa Surname

481,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Omonywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omonywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6931:66,6386,388

Omonywa (104) may also be a first name.

Omonywa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Omonywa is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omonywa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Omonywa is the 481,056th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,515,939 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omonywa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Omonywa is also the 925,156th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 104 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 66,638. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 59 percent live, Nyamira County, where 19 percent live and Nairobi County, where 12 percent live.

Omonywa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Omonywa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omonuwa861,536/
Omoniwa861,140/
Omunywa8634/
Omanywa862/
Omonewa861/
Omonnuwa803/
Omonuwe71151/
Omoniwo715/
Omonewo714/
Amanywa714/
Omoniwe712/
Omunuwa711/
Omoniwi711/
Omoniba711/
Omanuwa711/
Umonuwa711/
Gamanywa67263/
Omongiwe671/
Gumanywa671/

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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 Omonywa
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