Oweke Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Oweke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Oweke Demographics
Oweke Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oweke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oweke is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,465,390th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oweke reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Oweke is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 88 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 5 percent reside and Migori County, where 5 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and The Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Oweke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Oweke last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oweke
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