Okanto Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Okanto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okanto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Okanto (10) may also be a first name.

Okanto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okanto is found most frequently in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okanto.

How Common Is The Last Name Okanto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okanto is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Okanto reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okanto is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 50 percent live and Borgou Department, where 50 percent live. Barring Benin it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okantho92126/
Oukanto928/
Hokantto861/
Ocanto839,594/
Okanta831,533/
Akanto831,474/
Ekanto8330/
Okonto8319/
Okamto8316/
Ukanto831/
Okantah77987/
Ocantos77183/
Ekantou7742/
Hakanto775/
Hocanto774/
Okontto773/
Hokonto772/
Okaanta771/
Oicanto771/
Akantou771/
Akantho771/
Ekantoh771/
Okointo771/
Okounto771/
Ozkantas713/
Outkanta711/
Akantous711/
Oudkanta711/
Okonta675,573/
Acanto671,383/
Akanta67785/
Ekanta6786/
Akonto6734/
Ukanta6716/
Ocamto679/
Ukonto677/
Oconto674/
Houdkanta672/
Aconto672/
Ocanta671/

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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
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  • 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 Okanto
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