Ouko Surname
Approximately 18,464 people bear this surname
Ouko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 17,500 | 1:2,639 | 418 |
| Tanzania | 653 | 1:81,074 | 8,318 |
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Ouko (4,378) may also be a first name.
Ouko Demographics
Ouko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ouko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouko is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouko? popularity and diffusion
It is the 29,066th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 394,689 people. The last name Ouko is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ouko live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ouko is also the 104,334th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 4,378 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 17,500 people, or 1 in 2,639. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kisumu County, where 23 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Ouko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ouko surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ouko earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.19% less than the national average, earning $40,047 USD per year.
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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 Ouko
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