Omwoyo Surname
Approximately 9,044 people bear this surname
Omwoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,004 | 1:5,129 | 718 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Omwoyo (1,848) may also be a first name.
Omwoyo Demographics
Omwoyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omwoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omwoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omwoyo is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omwoyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 56,090th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 805,788 people. Omwoyo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omwoyo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Omwoyo is also the 177,390th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 1,848 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,004 people, or 1 in 5,129. In Kenya Omwoyo is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 44 percent live, Nyamira County, where 20 percent live and Nairobi County, where 11 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Omwoyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Omwoyo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Omwoyo earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.93% less than the national average, earning $25,056 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omwuoyo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omwoy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Omboyo | 83 | 144 | / |
| Omwayo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Amwoyo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Omuoyo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Omwoye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omwoya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omweyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Homboyo | 77 | 76 | / |
| Omboyoh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omboy | 73 | 3,363 | / |
| Omway | 73 | 5 | / |
| Omwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amboyo | 67 | 3,776 | / |
| Ombayo | 67 | 498 | / |
| Homboy | 67 | 250 | / |
| Omboye | 67 | 97 | / |
| Omwaya | 67 | 89 | / |
| Omboya | 67 | 80 | / |
| Omwayi | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ombiyo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Homway | 67 | 25 | / |
| Umboyo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Homwey | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gomway | 67 | 6 | / |
| Amwoyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onwojo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amwayo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ombeyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omboio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onwoye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onwayo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omweya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onwoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amwoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gomwoe | 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 Omwoyo
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