Okava Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Okava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Okava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okava (Russian: Окава) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Okava reside; 36 percent reside in South America and 36 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Okava is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 16,467,256. In Brazil Okava is most numerous in: Paraná, where 54 percent live, Rondônia, where 15 percent live and Federal District, where 8 percent live. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 31 percent live and Kenya, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okava in the Russian language | ||
| Окава | okava | - |
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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 Okava
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