Omwene Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Omwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 341 | 1:114,485 | 11,078 |
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
Omwene (39) may also be a first name.
Omwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omwene is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 733,258th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,449,483 people. Omwene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwene are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name globally, held by 39 people.
The last name Omwene is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 114,485. In Uganda Omwene is most common in: Busia District, where 30 percent live, Tororo District, where 24 percent live and Bugiri District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omwenje | 92 | 90 | / |
| Omwen | 91 | 31 | / |
| Osemwene | 86 | 1 | / |
| Omwena | 83 | 190 | / |
| Onwene | 83 | 127 | / |
| Amwene | 83 | 99 | / |
| Ombene | 83 | 16 | / |
| Omuene | 83 | 14 | / |
| Omwine | 83 | 13 | / |
| Omween | 83 | 10 | / |
| Omwane | 83 | 8 | / |
| Omweni | 83 | 6 | / |
| Umwene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Emwene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hamwene | 77 | 86 | / |
| Onwiene | 77 | 15 | / |
| Honwene | 77 | 8 | / |
| Onwuene | 77 | 4 | / |
| Omweani | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omwenyi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omwenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onwenje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oumweni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houmwen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ombenei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amweene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amweine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amwenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omuenje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amnwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osiemwegne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amwen | 73 | 55 | / |
| Omwin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamweene | 71 | 2,551 | / |
| Haamwene | 71 | 2 | / |
| Asimwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hoimwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Umweni | 67 | 1,586 | / |
| Amvene | 67 | 1,038 | / |
| Amwine | 67 | 743 | / |
| Ambene | 67 | 209 | / |
| Onweni | 67 | 88 | / |
| Haamweene | 67 | 50 | / |
| Amweni | 67 | 45 | / |
| Omwany | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ombine | 67 | 29 | / |
| Umuene | 67 | 21 | / |
| Amween | 67 | 21 | / |
| Umbene | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amwane | 67 | 5 | / |
| Umwine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onwine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omwoni | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onuene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omuena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onweny | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emweni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amweny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amuene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omuine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emwine | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Omwene
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