Owegi Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Owegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 563 | 1:82,025 | 7,544 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owegi (102) may also be a first name.
Owegi Demographics
Owegi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Owegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owegi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owegi? popularity and diffusion
Owegi is the 559,180th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owegi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 102 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 82,025. In Kenya Owegi is most common in: Siaya County, where 36 percent live, Nairobi County, where 21 percent live and Kisumu County, where 17 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Owegi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owegie | 91 | 137 | / |
| Oweggi | 91 | 4 | / |
| Oegi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Owiegie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obegi | 80 | 1,607 | / |
| Owesi | 80 | 181 | / |
| Hoegi | 80 | 36 | / |
| Owega | 80 | 20 | / |
| Owagi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Awegi | 80 | 16 | / |
| Owigi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Oyegi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ewegi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ojegi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oweji | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owezi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Uwegi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owege | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owezie | 73 | 174 | / |
| Ouegui | 73 | 86 | / |
| Ohwesi | 73 | 65 | / |
| Oweisi | 73 | 39 | / |
| Owhezi | 73 | 38 | / |
| Oweger | 73 | 38 | / |
| Oweizi | 73 | 32 | / |
| Oweiga | 73 | 10 | / |
| Aswegi | 73 | 10 | / |
| Owagai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Owoege | 73 | 6 | / |
| Oweisy | 73 | 5 | / |
| Owedji | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oyengi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ojengi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ojiegi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweesi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweeci | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owehci | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owesci | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajoegi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhege | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obegie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweiji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owesai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojwagi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goegai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aweagi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oswezi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweazi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweghe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owesie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhega | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowege | 73 | 0 | / |
| Oswege | 73 | 0 | / |
| Eygi | 67 | 891 | / |
| Yegi | 67 | 345 | / |
| Eigi | 67 | 99 | / |
| Owaeghe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Oweigha | 67 | 50 | / |
| Uegi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Haswegi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Eegi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Aegi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ejgi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Achwegi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Aswegui | 67 | 15 | / |
| Oege | 67 | 15 | / |
| Oigi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Eagi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ougi | 67 | 9 | / |
| O'Weger | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eugi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iegi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Owhegha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehweghi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweisei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweaghe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouiegui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouenghi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oegy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohweghe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awenghi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojwaghi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweijer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houegui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howeise | 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
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- 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 Owegi
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