Opwora Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opwora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opwora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6411:72,0446,789
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Opwora (156) may also be a first name.

Opwora Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opwora is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Opwora? popularity and diffusion

It is the 506,165th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. The surname Opwora occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opwora are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 735,679th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 156 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 72,044. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 59 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 22 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Opwora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opworah922/
Obwora83288/
Apwora8312/
Opwori836/
Epwora836/
Opwara833/
Opwore832/
Apworah771/
Obwori67495/
Obworo67252/
Opuoro67146/
Ovworo6769/
Ovwori6758/
Obuora6758/
Apwori6731/
Ebwora6727/
Abwora6724/
Ovuora6721/
Obwara6718/
Avwora6714/
Obwera676/
Opuori674/
Obwory672/
Opwari671/
Apwara671/
Opwaro671/
Opuore671/
Opuara671/
Apworo671/
Epwara671/
Obwore671/
Obbora671/
Opware671/

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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 Opwora
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