Omwodo Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Omwodo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omwodo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya611:757,04831,106
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Omwodo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Omwodo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Omwodo is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Omwodo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Omwodo is the 1,967,751st most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omwodo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Omwodo is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya Omwodo is most common in: Siaya County, where 84 percent are found, Busia County, where 7 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ombodo83120/
Onwodo8325/
Omuodo8316/
Amwodo839/
Emwodo831/
Hombodo7710/
Onwuodo778/
Omwuedo771/
Omboudou71384/
Oumbodou719/
Oumboudo711/
Omboodoi711/
Ambodo67180/
Ombudo6764/
Ombado6757/
Onbodo678/
Umbodo675/
Omwada673/
Umuodo673/
Oumboudou672/
Onuodo672/
Anwodo671/
Emwedo671/
Emvodo671/
Oumbodhou671/
Amwedo671/

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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 Omwodo
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