Okamaru Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Okamaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 264 | 1:9,127 | 1,765 |
| Japan | 52 | 1:2,458,544 | 30,480 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Okamaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okamaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okamaru is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okamaru? popularity and diffusion
Okamaru is the 837,371st most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name Okamaru occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Okamaru reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 9,127. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Kunene Region, where 66 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 34 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Namibia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okhamaru | 93 | 2 | / |
| Akamaru | 86 | 264 | / |
| Ekamaru | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okomharu | 80 | 18 | / |
| Okomahru | 80 | 16 | / |
| Hakamaru | 80 | 8 | / |
| Akamgaru | 80 | 5 | / |
| Akamairu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akammaru | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akamarou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okomharhu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ekomaru | 71 | 91 | / |
| Akemaru | 71 | 3 | / |
| Acamaru | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okomoru | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akamoru | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekemaru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akameru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okomorou | 67 | 124 | / |
| Hakomaru | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ekomearu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekomarou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okomourou | 63 | 4 | / |
| Okhuomarouyi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ekomoru | 57 | 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 Okamaru
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