Otwere Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Otwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 685 | 1:67,416 | 6,458 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Otwere (103) may also be a first name.
Otwere Demographics
Otwere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otwere has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Otwere.
How Common Is The Last Name Otwere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 482,629th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otwere live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 103 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 67,416. In Kenya Otwere is primarily concentrated in: Kisii County, where 37 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 22 percent reside and Nyamira County, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Otwere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Otwere surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otwer | 91 | 3 | / |
| Atwere | 83 | 284 | / |
| Otwera | 83 | 107 | / |
| Otuere | 83 | 5 | / |
| Utwere | 83 | 1 | / |
| Odwere | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otweri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otware | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otuhere | 77 | 2 | / |
| Odwer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Atwer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Othwaree | 71 | 9 | / |
| Atwehere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otuhiere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otwori | 67 | 4,002 | / |
| Atweri | 67 | 918 | / |
| Etwire | 67 | 765 | / |
| Otwari | 67 | 293 | / |
| Adwere | 67 | 282 | / |
| Odwera | 67 | 101 | / |
| Etuere | 67 | 71 | / |
| Atwire | 67 | 33 | / |
| Odware | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gatwer | 67 | 10 | / |
| Odwire | 67 | 5 | / |
| Etware | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oduere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otueehere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atwera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Othuer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hodwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odwyre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otwiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Dwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otwira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ostuer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Otwere
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