Okaku Surname

409,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5631:314,64117,399
Japan1741:734,73717,434
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okaku (90) may also be a first name.

Okaku Last Name Facts

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

Okaku is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okaku is the 409,925th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,553,458 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Okaku are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 90 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 314,641. In Nigeria Okaku is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 56 percent live, Cross River, where 11 percent live and Kano, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hokaku91371/
Gokaku9137/
Okeaku9128/
Okhaku9113/
Okakou912/
Okakus911/
Okaeku911/
Okkaku911/
Okhakhu83280/
Okoku80939/
Akaku80418/
Ukaku80370/
Ekaku80366/
Okeku80175/
Ocaku805/
Okhakuhe771/
Gokoku73781/
Gakaku73698/
Akakou73420/
Hokoku73365/
Akakus73332/
Okokou7368/
Akaiku7337/
Ukakau7317/
Hocaku7315/
Ekeaku7314/
Ukaaku7314/
Ekakou7312/
Ukauku7312/
Akhaku739/
Akaaku736/
Okekuu735/
Ukakut734/
Hukaku733/
Ekauku733/
Ukeaku733/
Akakau732/
Okekeu732/
Okuoku732/
Okoeku731/
Ekkaku731/
Akakui731/
Ekakau731/
Okooku731/
Okkoku731/
Ecokau731/
Hakkaku673,076/
Okoukou67125/
Hokkoku6726/
Akahkuh674/
Okaikoe673/
Akakeut672/
Akakous671/
Akachku671/
Okokkou671/
Akakaud671/
Akaakuh671/
Ekhakhu671/
Akakuup671/

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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 Okaku
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