Omwolo Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Omwolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 63 | 1:733,014 | 30,691 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Omwolo (134) may also be a first name.
Omwolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omwolo is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwolo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwolo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Omwolo is also the 800,975th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 134 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 733,014. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ombolo | 83 | 1,480 | / |
| Omwola | 83 | 108 | / |
| Omwalo | 83 | 14 | / |
| Emwolo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Amwolo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omuolo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omwelo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ombollo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amwollo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omwolya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omboulo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hombolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omboulou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oumboulo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambolo | 67 | 743 | / |
| Ombola | 67 | 317 | / |
| Amwola | 67 | 246 | / |
| Ombalo | 67 | 243 | / |
| Emvolo | 67 | 193 | / |
| Omwala | 67 | 183 | / |
| Omwela | 67 | 90 | / |
| Umuolo | 67 | 45 | / |
| Oumboulou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Umbolo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Onuolo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Amwalo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Onwola | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ombulo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amwelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oumboullo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onvolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houmbolou | 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
- 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 Omwolo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis