Okanoue Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Okanoue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okanoue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Okanoue Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okanoue is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okanoue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Okanoue occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Okanoue live; 71 percent live in East Asia and 71 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 25,568,859. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 20 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent live. Outside of Japan it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.

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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 Okanoue
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