Omwasa Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Omwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Omwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omwasa is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwasa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 867,540. In Uganda Omwasa is most frequent in: Serere District, where 73 percent reside, Amuria District, where 22 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ombasa | 83 | 6,854 | / |
| Omwasi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Omwaso | 83 | 2 | / |
| Onwasa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omwosa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omuasa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ombassa | 77 | 269 | / |
| Omwacha | 77 | 25 | / |
| Hamwasa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Onwuasa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ombasha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ombaisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omuatsa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onwausa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hombasha | 71 | 125 | / |
| Amwashat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hombassa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwuasaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omwaitsi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amwasath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ombaso | 67 | 3,737 | / |
| Ambasa | 67 | 3,461 | / |
| Ombase | 67 | 1,865 | / |
| Omuasi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Amwasi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Ombasi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Amuasa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Onwaso | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ombaša | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ombosa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Onwasoaya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Anwasa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onwosa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Umbasa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omwosi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emwaso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwuashai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amwashcha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Àmbasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwoso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ombasy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emwosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Omwasa
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