Okapor Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okapor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okapor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Okapor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okapor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okapor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Okapor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okapor reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 47 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okaphor921/
Akapor8314/
Okopor838/
Okapar831/
Ekhapor771/
Okoipor771/
Okapare771/
Ukaporp771/
Akapoor771/
Hakhapor7123/
Ozkaspar714/
Hakapour712/
Hekapour711/
Akhapour711/
Okhotpour6776/
Hakkapour6731/
Akapur6718/
Ekapar6718/
Aqapor6710/
Oqopor674/
Akapar672/
Ekopor671/
Hakhapour671/
Ekepor671/
Ukapur671/
Ukapar671/

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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 Okapor
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