Omwendo Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Omwendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 113 | 1:408,672 | 22,682 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Omwendo Demographics
Omwendo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omwendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omwendo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwendo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwendo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Omwendo is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 408,672. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Omwendo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Omwendo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamwendo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Omuhendo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamweendo | 75 | 64 | / |
| Ombenda | 71 | 22 | / |
| Amwenda | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ombindo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Omwinda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwenda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamwenda | 67 | 882 | / |
| Gamuendo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamweenda | 63 | 411 | / |
| Haamwenda | 63 | 142 | / |
| Hounwindo | 63 | 2 | / |
| Haamweenda | 59 | 23 | / |
| Ombinda | 57 | 281 | / |
| Amuenda | 57 | 74 | / |
| Ambenda | 57 | 12 | / |
| Omuinda | 57 | 5 | / |
| Hounhouendo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Humbindo | 53 | 4 | / |
| Gamuenda | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ganwindo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Emwinnda | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hamweemda | 50 | 1 | / |
| Omuhindah | 50 | 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 Omwendo
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