14/08/2020
LIST OF LUO SURNAMES. 100%Luo
Achola
Adida
Obong'o/Abong'o — only child
Ahenda
Atieno-born at night
Hera — love
Obama — twisting
Obiero/Abiero — born with the placenta (biero = placenta)
Obonyo/[Abonyo] — born during locust infestation (bonyo = locust)
Obura/Abura — born during a meeting (bura mean meeting)
Oburu/Aburu — born during a funeral (buru mean ash)
Obuo/[Abuo] — is a medicinal water plant
Ochanda/[Ochanda] — difficult birth (same for male and female)
Ochieng’/Achieng’ — born with the sun shining (born from about noon–2pm)) (chieng’ = sun)
Ochola/Achola — born after the father’s death
Ochuka/[Achuka]
Odede/[Adede]
Odero/Adero — born during a during a period of abundance (dero = granary)
Odhiambo/Adhiambo — born in the afternoon (around dusk (3–6pm); born in the evening; born after sunset) (odhiambo = afternoon)
Odhon’g/Adhon’g — very old name; meaning "fist"
Odek – born when the mother had picked up traditional vegetables from farm
Odika/[Adika] — something that steps hard on the ground
Odinga – Luhya origin
Odiwuor/Adiwuor — born at night 11pm–2am. Similar to Owuor/Awuor
Odondi/[Adondi] — quarrelsome
Odongo/Adongo — second born of a twin pair
Odoyo/Adoyo — born during w**ding
Oduol/[Aduol] — born in the father's house (Duol)
Oero/Aero — very old name; meaning "to love"
Ogola — born outside the house, just under the eave
Ogol — remove
Ogolo — striger w**d
Ogot/[Agot] — born on a hill (especially if the mother had taken a walk not expecting the child to come)
Ogutu/[Agutu] — born next to the traditional Luo Ugali bowl (called Ogutu or Hagudu)
Oigo/[Aigo] — wrestle with
Ojwang’/Ajwang’ — born after father died
Ojuok — born by the intervention of a spirit (juok = spirit)
Okelo/Akelo — born after a pair of twins or the third born of triplets
Okech/Akech — born in famine
Okeyo/Akeyo — born at harvest time
Okinyi or Okinyo/Akinyi — born at dawn (born just after dawn (6am–10am); the male form is rare
Okombo/[Akombo]
Okomo/Akomo — born in prosperous times or during planting
Okongo/Akongo — born during celebration especially where alcohol brew is plenty
Okoth/Akoth — born during rainy season (koth mean rain)
Ok*mu/Ak*mu — mysterious birth (conception after a birth, but before resumption of me**es; k*m = punition)
Okungu/[Akungu] — born during the outbreak of caterpillars, which was also an indication of impending bumpler harvest
Oloo/[Aloo] — equivalent to Adam
Oludhe/[Aludhe] — provoking, as the case of Peninah to Hannah in the Bible
Oluoch/Aluoch — born during a cloudy season
Omolo/Amolo — born around dawn (4–6am)
Omole
Omondi/Amondi — born around dawn (6-10am). mostly men, used interchangeably with Akinyi for women
Okoka/[Anoka] — Luo for Enock
Ondiek – monster or a wild animal, especially the leopard
Oneko/[Aneko] — mad or wild
[Ong’ina]/Ang’ina — round
Ongonga/[Angonga]
Onyango/Anyango — Born in the early morning (born before noon (10am–noon)
Ooko/Aoko — born out-of-doors (usually unintentionally)
Ooro/Aoro — born during dry season (oro = drought)
Opiyo/Apiyo — first born of a twin pair
Opolo/Apolo — very old name; meaning "heavenly"
Opondo/Apondo — born hidden (pregnancy was not visible)
Osano
Otieno/Atieno — born at night (7–11pm) (otieno = night)
Otiende/[Atiende] — Luhya origin
Ouma/Auma — infant delivered into a prostrate position on the ground
Owino/Awino — born with umbilical cord around the neck (born covered in meconium or caul) (
Ounda
Ouko
Ochanda
Owiti/Awiti — thrown out (mother disowns infant for difficult birth as an apotropaic gesture)
Owuor or Odwuor/Awuor — born between midnight–2am
Oyange/Ayange — very old name; meaning "discovered"
Resa-Save me
Other surnames Edit
These surnames do not follow the "classic" pattern:
Adede
Ajek
Gor — was the "personal surname" of Gor K'Ogalo a famous Luo chief during the 19th century
Jalang'o — a Kalenjin or one who is spirited
Jow — buffalo
Julu
Kidenda
Kowa — es**rt me
Hongo
Magero — causing fearfulness
Majuma — Swahili origin (born on a Friday)
Meyo
Muga — rhinocerous (the O is removed or corrupted)
Ndiege
Nyang'au — hyena (mostly used in Kisii)
Nyaoro — drought's daughter
Raila — Luhya origin (meaning One who tickles and causes laughter)
Ramogi — Luhya Origin (corruption of Luo for Lamogi — their style of worship)
Rao or Rawo — hippopotamus
Ogwang — wild cat
Ogweyo — lizard
Omire — Luhya origin (may represents the person’s origin)
Omuga — rhinocerous
Onango
Oronge — Kisii origin
Oruoch — Kisii origin (corruption of Oluoch, one born during fog of cloudiness)
Sialo
Were — benevolent or philanthropic (attribute of God to Luhyas and Luos)
Yienya
Lwanda Jawar — Peter (loosely translated to "Stone Savior")
