Okaor Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okaor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okaor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okaor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okaor is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okaor.

How Common Is The Last Name Okaor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okaor is the 2,555,468th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okaor live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria Okaor is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 27 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Ebonyi, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okajor917/
Okaeor915/
Okahor913/
Okayor911/
Okaaor911/
Oukaour83393/
Hotkaor831/
Akaor8010/
Okoar802/
Okoyor73236/
Ekhaor7313/
Okoare737/
Akaior734/
Akayor733/
Okohor732/
Akaour732/
Ekkaor731/
Okeaar731/
Akajor731/
Okojor731/
Akhaor731/
Akaehor6777/
Akaaior6739/
Akaayor677/
Akkaour672/
Oskohor671/
Akaajor671/
Akaahor671/
Ukaayor671/
Ukaajor671/

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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 Okaor
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