Otwenya Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Otwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otwenya 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
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715

Otwenya Last Name Facts

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

Otwenya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Otwenya.

How Common Is The Last Name Otwenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otwenya is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Otwenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otwenya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nandi County, where 36 percent reside, Siaya County, where 36 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 9 percent reside. Besides Kenya Otwenya occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 45 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
Odwenya8613/
Otwenyo864/
Otwinya861/
Atwenya861/
Adwenya7169/
Atuenya7157/
Otuenye714/
Otuinya711/
Otwanye711/
Otwenge711/
Atwenyo711/
Hatwanya671/
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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 Otwenya
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