Owinga Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Owinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5731:80,5937,432
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Owinga (23) may also be a first name.

Owinga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owinga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owinga occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Owinga.

How Common Is The Last Name Owinga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Owinga is the 540,721st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. Owinga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owinga are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name on earth, held by 23 people.

Owinga is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 80,593. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 27 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 21 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Owinga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Owinga surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ouwinga92251/
Ojwinga922/
Owenga831,321/
Awinga83138/
Obinga8392/
Owingo8369/
Owingi8322/
Ewinga832/
Uwinga831/
Ouwenga7775/
Owingoh7717/
Oswingy7711/
Uwingai774/
Awingat771/
Owengah771/
O'Wingo771/
Owiengi771/
Owinger770/
Ownenga770/
Awnga734/
Uwnga731/
Howengga712/
Oweingoh711/
Owhingho711/
Owiengoh711/
Obingo67364/
Obenga67304/
Abinga67171/
Ewenga6748/
Awenga6730/
Awinge6713/
Obinge6710/
Owenge676/
Awingi673/
Owengo672/
Awingo672/
Obingi671/
Owengi671/
Awynga671/
Ohwoingho671/
Uwenga671/
Obngha671/

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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 Owinga
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