Oywech Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Oywech Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oywech Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya881:524,77226,127
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Oywech Last Name Facts

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

Oywech is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oywech? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oywech are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Oywech is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 93 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found and Migori County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Oywech is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Oywech Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owech91125/
Oweche834/
Oyuech832/
Oweich831/
Aywech831/
Owec801/
Gaywech771/
Ochwech771/
Owich73790/
Obech73158/
Awech7378/
Ewech7325/
Owesh7312/
Owehs732/
Yiwec732/
Ovech731/
Howch731/
Owece731/
Obych731/
Ywche731/
Ohyevych71852/
Howeisch711/
Gowetsch711/
Ochweche711/
Yevich67139/
Yovych67116/
Oevych6777/
Howich6729/
Owoich6713/
Owitch6710/
Eweche678/
Oswich675/
Yevych674/
Iweche673/
Owiche672/
Aweich672/
Oweesh671/
Oubech671/
Obeach671/
Owichs671/
Awetch671/
Hawech671/
Obetch671/
Owesci671/
Owehci671/
Oweeci671/
Iouech671/
Ojwche671/
Oevich671/
Owisch670/
Awesch670/

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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 Oywech
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis