Orwako Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Orwako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orwako Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya911:507,47125,695
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orwako Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orwako is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orwako? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orwako is the 1,918,812th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orwako live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya Orwako is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 89 percent reside, Busia County, where 4 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 4 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arwako83281/
Orwaka833/
Oruako831/
Orwakaa771/
Herwako771/
Horwacka716/
Horbayko713/
Arwaekoh711/
Arwoko67107/
Erwoko6731/
Arbako671/
Oruaka671/
Uruako671/
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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 Orwako
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