Otwere Surname

482,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Otwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6851:67,4166,458
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263

Otwere (103) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otwer913/
Atwere83284/
Otwera83107/
Otuere835/
Utwere831/
Odwere831/
Otweri831/
Otware831/
Otuhere772/
Odwer736/
Atwer732/
Othwaree719/
Atwehere711/
Otuhiere711/
Otwori674,002/
Atweri67918/
Etwire67765/
Otwari67293/
Adwere67282/
Odwera67101/
Etuere6771/
Atwire6733/
Odware6717/
Gatwer6710/
Odwire675/
Etware673/
Oduere672/
Otueehere672/
Atwera672/
Othuer671/
Hodwer671/
Odwyre671/
Otwiri671/
O'Dwer671/
Odweri671/
Otwira671/
Ostuer670/

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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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis