Okaku Surname
Approximately 852 people bear this surname
Okaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 563 | 1:314,641 | 17,399 |
| Japan | 174 | 1:734,737 | 17,434 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokaku | 91 | 371 | / |
| Gokaku | 91 | 37 | / |
| Okeaku | 91 | 28 | / |
| Okhaku | 91 | 13 | / |
| Okakou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okakus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okaeku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okkaku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okhakhu | 83 | 280 | / |
| Okoku | 80 | 939 | / |
| Akaku | 80 | 418 | / |
| Ukaku | 80 | 370 | / |
| Ekaku | 80 | 366 | / |
| Okeku | 80 | 175 | / |
| Ocaku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okhakuhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gokoku | 73 | 781 | / |
| Gakaku | 73 | 698 | / |
| Akakou | 73 | 420 | / |
| Hokoku | 73 | 365 | / |
| Akakus | 73 | 332 | / |
| Okokou | 73 | 68 | / |
| Akaiku | 73 | 37 | / |
| Ukakau | 73 | 17 | / |
| Hocaku | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ekeaku | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ukaaku | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ekakou | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ukauku | 73 | 12 | / |
| Akhaku | 73 | 9 | / |
| Akaaku | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okekuu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ukakut | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hukaku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ekauku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ukeaku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akakau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okekeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okuoku | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okoeku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekkaku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akakui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekakau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okooku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okkoku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ecokau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hakkaku | 67 | 3,076 | / |
| Okoukou | 67 | 125 | / |
| Hokkoku | 67 | 26 | / |
| Akahkuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okaikoe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akakeut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akakous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akachku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okokkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akakaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akaakuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhakhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akakuup | 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 Okaku
- 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