Okanume Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okanume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okanume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3971:446,20322,838
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okanume (11) may also be a first name.

Okanume Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okanume is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okanume? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 708,658th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name Okanume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okanume live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

The surname Okanume is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 29 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Okanume is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Okanume Last Name Statistics demography

Okanume earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okanumee93239/
Okanumeh9323/
Okanumme932/
Okanumeeh883/
Okanuma86314/
Okanime8694/
Okanome8642/
Akanume8633/
Ukanume863/
Okenume862/
Okanimee80132/
Okanimme804/
Hockanum801/
Akanumee801/
Akangume801/
Akanuma714,724/
Akanime7165/
Akanoum717/
Akaanum717/
Okanimi712/
Akanome711/
Okhanom711/
Okanoma711/
Okonime711/
Okonimeh672/
Okhanoma671/
Okenimee671/
Akhanime671/
Akonoume671/
Akaangum671/

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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 Okanume
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