Oswera Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Oswera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oswera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya641:721,56130,456
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Oswera Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oswera is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oswera? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oswera is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Oswera is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oswera live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Oswera is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 721,561. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 80 percent reside, Migori County, where 6 percent reside and Siaya County, where 6 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oswere83100/
Osweri836/
Aswera834/
Oswara831/
Oswero831/
Otsvera7775/
Otswere771/
Ochwera771/
Oswerei771/
Oisewere719/
Essweira711/
Aswara67494/
Eswara67471/
Osuere67201/
Aswira6761/
Asweri6729/
Osbery6727/
Ozwere674/
Oswaro674/
Aswere674/
Asbera674/
Aswero673/
Oswiro671/
Asuera671/
Usbera671/
Aswyra671/

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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
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  • 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 Oswera
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