Oweya Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Oweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 131 | 1:352,518 | 20,779 |
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Oweya Demographics
Oweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oweya has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,070,546th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oweya reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Oweya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya Oweya is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 49 percent reside, Siaya County, where 39 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 38 percent reside and Egypt, where 2 percent reside.
Oweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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 Oweya
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