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
Otwere is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otwere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 482,629th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otwere live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Otwere is also the 930,172nd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 103 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 67,416. In Kenya Otwere is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 37 percent live, Vihiga County, where 22 percent live and Nyamira County, where 18 percent live. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Otwere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Otwere last name is predominantly 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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