Oywa Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Oywa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 183 | 1:252,349 | 17,139 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Oywa (55) may also be a first name.
Oywa Demographics
Oywa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oywa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oywa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oywa is most common in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oywa.
How Common Is The Last Name Oywa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. Oywa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oywa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oywa is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 55 people.
The surname Oywa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 252,349. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 67 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 28 percent live and Siaya County, where 2 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Oywa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Oywa 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 Oywa
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