Okawo Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Okawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Okawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okawo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Okawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okawo live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okawo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 42 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 31 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeawo | 91 | 12 | / |
| Okawho | 91 | 7 | / |
| Okahwo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okawoy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okawop | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hoykawo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okawa | 80 | 87,363 | / |
| Akawo | 80 | 2,133 | / |
| Okewo | 80 | 240 | / |
| Ekawo | 80 | 65 | / |
| Okowo | 80 | 40 | / |
| Ukawo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Okavo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ocawo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oikawa | 73 | 92,590 | / |
| Hokawa | 73 | 1,073 | / |
| Ohkawa | 73 | 573 | / |
| Okhawa | 73 | 73 | / |
| Akawou | 73 | 45 | / |
| Ukaiwo | 73 | 20 | / |
| Okoewo | 73 | 19 | / |
| Okaboy | 73 | 14 | / |
| Oekawa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ookawa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Uokawa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okeawa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oukawa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okuowo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okaewa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okawah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okavou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okoowo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Akawoh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Askawo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Akawwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okowuo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gokowo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ukawoo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okewoi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okeewo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oykawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gokawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okauwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okohwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oskawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akawoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okeavo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okabuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okawga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeiwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akawoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akaawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hakawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okaawa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hockawout | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hoikawa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Okayboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okouwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okhauwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akawous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houkabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akawuho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okawo
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