Oywak Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Oywak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Oywak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oywak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oywak is found most in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oywak? popularity and diffusion
Oywak is the 2,333,370th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Oywak is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oywak live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 609,989. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Lamwo District, where 53 percent live, Gulu District, where 19 percent live and Pader District, where 16 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owak | 89 | 382 | / |
| Ywak | 89 | 1 | / |
| Owake | 80 | 42 | / |
| Aywak | 80 | 34 | / |
| Howak | 80 | 12 | / |
| Oywac | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yiwak | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ojwak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oiwake | 73 | 729 | / |
| Oswaks | 73 | 22 | / |
| Howack | 73 | 13 | / |
| Hoybak | 73 | 12 | / |
| Howake | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gowack | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owuake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayuwak | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Wake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oswake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oswack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awak | 67 | 7,555 | / |
| Owok | 67 | 155 | / |
| Ewak | 67 | 132 | / |
| Iwak | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ovak | 67 | 85 | / |
| Owag | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yvak | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oyewoke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jwak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ywok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owax | 67 | 2 | / |
| Houwake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayuwake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ywax | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoyback | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ywag | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oywak
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis