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 last name Okava (Russian: Окава) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,274,477th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Okava is mostly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Okava are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 36 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 16,467,256. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 54 percent are found, Rondônia, where 15 percent are found and Federal District, where 8 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 31 percent are found and Kenya, where 25 percent are found.
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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