Oswee Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Oswee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oswee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oswee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oswee is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oswee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oswee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oswee is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Oswee live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisumu County, where 80 percent reside and Migori County, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Oswee occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osweed | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oswe | 89 | 110 | / |
| Hoswe | 80 | 67 | / |
| Eswee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oswue | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oswge | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aswee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oswei | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oswea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oshwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oswhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osbee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouswe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gosswe | 73 | 39 | / |
| Ochwee | 73 | 33 | / |
| Ashwee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hosbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haswee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoiswe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Goswey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Oswa | 67 | 569 | / |
| Osue | 67 | 311 | / |
| Aswe | 67 | 307 | / |
| Eswe | 67 | 118 | / |
| Oswi | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ozwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uswe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Osbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oxwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oswj | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Swett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osuehie | 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 Oswee
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis