Onchagwa Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Onchagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 489 | 1:94,437 | 8,405 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Onchagwa (105) may also be a first name.
Onchagwa Demographics
Onchagwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Onchagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onchagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onchagwa is found most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onchagwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,057th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onchagwa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Onchagwa is also the 920,134th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 105 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 94,437. In Kenya Onchagwa is mostly found in: Nyamira County, where 55 percent live, Kisii County, where 42 percent live and Migori County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Onchagwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Onchagwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onchang'wa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onchagwe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Onchagbo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Anchaygua | 71 | 40 | / |
| Anchaigua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aunchakwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onsakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anshagba | 63 | 238 | / |
| Ancaguay | 63 | 11 | / |
| Gonzagua | 63 | 6 | / |
| Anchague | 63 | 2 | / |
| Gonsagua | 63 | 1 | / |
| Anzongwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hansagwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hansangwa | 59 | 102 | / |
| Haansangwa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Anzakwa | 53 | 2 | / |
| Anzagba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Anzakwea | 50 | 27 | / |
| Anzakwai | 50 | 1 | / |
| Anchaque | 50 | 1 | / |
| Honjague | 50 | 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 Onchagwa
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