Orwa Surname
Approximately 10,549 people bear this surname
Orwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,714 | 1:4,754 | 677 |
| Tanzania | 515 | 1:102,799 | 10,054 |
| Uganda | 135 | 1:289,180 | 20,376 |
| United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Orwa (1,779) may also be a first name.
Orwa Demographics
Orwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Orwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orwa is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Orwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Orwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 48,819th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 690,828 people. The last name Orwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Orwa is also the 181,363rd most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 1,779 people.
Orwa is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 9,714 people, or 1 in 4,754. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 29 percent reside, Migori County, where 23 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Orwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Orwa surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.
Orwa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $42,519 USD per year.
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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 Orwa
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