Omwansa Surname

264,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Omwansa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omwansa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4641:31,5443,446
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Omwansa (233) may also be a first name.

Omwansa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Omwansa is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omwansa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 264,801st most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,930,681 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwansa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 587,225th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 233 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,464 people, or 1 in 31,544. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 59 percent live, Kisii County, where 16 percent live and Nairobi County, where 11 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Omwansa Last Name Statistics demography

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

Omwansa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 144.28% more than the national average, earning R 580,500 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omwanza86616/
Omwansi862/
Omwancha80531/
Omwange711,127/
Ombanza7182/
Omwonso7179/
Onwanso713/
Omwanji712/
Onvansa711/
Amwanza711/
Hamwanza67168/
Hamwanja67146/
Anwansat674/
Omwanjhe672/
Ombangia671/
Onwancha671/
Omwanchi671/
Anwansia671/
Omvanshi671/
Hemwanza671/

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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 Omwansa
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