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 surname Oweke is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweke? popularity and diffusion
Oweke is the 1,465,390th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oweke reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 88 percent live, Kisumu County, where 5 percent live and Migori County, where 5 percent live. Beside Kenya Oweke occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and The Congo, where 7 percent live.
Oweke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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