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 more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owegi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 559,180th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The surname Owegi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owegi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 935,178th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 102 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 563 people, or 1 in 82,025. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Siaya County, where 36 percent live, Nairobi County, where 21 percent live and Kisumu County, where 17 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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 principally 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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