Okankwu Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Okankwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Okankwu Demographics
Average Okankwu Salary in
Canada
$28,876 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Okankwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okankwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okankwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okankwu? popularity and diffusion
Okankwu is the 1,428,594th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Okankwu reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Okankwu is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 93 percent are found and Enugu, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Okankwu Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Okankwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.45% more than the national average, earning R 405,048 per year and in Canada they earn 41.88% less than the national average, earning $28,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okakwu | 92 | 553 | / |
| Okonkwu | 86 | 354 | / |
| Akankwu | 86 | 44 | / |
| Ukankwu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okamkwu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okangwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ukangkwu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Adkankwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Okonkwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okonkqwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okongkwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okagwu | 77 | 87 | / |
| Okokwu | 77 | 80 | / |
| Akakwu | 77 | 15 | / |
| Okongwu | 71 | 3,784 | / |
| Okeagwu | 71 | 116 | / |
| Okeukwu | 71 | 78 | / |
| Okoukwu | 71 | 59 | / |
| Ukangwu | 71 | 53 | / |
| Akangwu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Akaukwu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okaugwu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekangwu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ookokwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okojkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akakwou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okangbu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okonkwoe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akahukwu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okonkwoo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okonngwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okongwuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okonggwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeyngwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okosngwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukongwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okochkwu | 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 Okankwu
- 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