Omwega Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Omwega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,712 | 1:17,028 | 2,038 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Omwega (687) may also be a first name.
Omwega Demographics
Omwega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omwega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omwega is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwega? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 158,951st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,653,877 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omwega reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Omwega is also the 315,600th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 687 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,712 people, or 1 in 17,028. In Kenya Omwega is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 49 percent live, Nyamira County, where 31 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Rwanda, where 0 percent live.
Omwega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Omwega earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.34% more than the national average, earning $47,610 USD per year.
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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
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- 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 Omwega
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