Omwenge Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Omwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omwenge is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Omwenge is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Omwenge reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Omwenge is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Omwenge is most common in: Kisii County, where 69 percent live and Nyamira County, where 31 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omwenghe | 93 | 9 | / |
| Omweng'e | 93 | 9 | / |
| Omwenga | 86 | 16,456 | / |
| Omwenje | 86 | 90 | / |
| Amwenge | 86 | 1 | / |
| Omweng'a | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ommwenga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oemwinge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamwenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omwwenga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omwengaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omwengha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osemweengie | 78 | 2 | / |
| Omwnga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ambenge | 71 | 317 | / |
| Ombengi | 71 | 52 | / |
| Osenwengie | 71 | 23 | / |
| Omuenje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amwenze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amwenga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omwingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onuenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwenga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwenje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osemnwingie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amwenche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ombeng'i | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anwuenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anwienge | 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
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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 Omwenge
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