Okegwu Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Okegwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Okegwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okegwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okegwu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okegwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Okegwu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okegwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okegwu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 1,086,765. In Nigeria Okegwu is most frequent in: Cross River, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeagwu | 92 | 116 | / |
| Okaegwu | 92 | 81 | / |
| Okeugwu | 92 | 24 | / |
| Okoegwu | 92 | 21 | / |
| Okeegwu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Okeigwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okiegwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okeyngwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okogwu | 83 | 787 | / |
| Okekwu | 83 | 604 | / |
| Ekegwu | 83 | 97 | / |
| Okagwu | 83 | 87 | / |
| Akegwu | 83 | 18 | / |
| Ukegwu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okeqwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okaekwu | 77 | 217 | / |
| Ekeagwu | 77 | 142 | / |
| Okeukwu | 77 | 78 | / |
| Ekeugwu | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ochegwu | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ukeagwu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okeagbu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okeckwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hokegbu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekegwuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okhegbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ocheigwu | 71 | 61 | / |
| Ocheagwu | 71 | 36 | / |
| Ukchegwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akogwu | 67 | 7,390 | / |
| Akagwu | 67 | 864 | / |
| Okakwu | 67 | 553 | / |
| Akokwu | 67 | 307 | / |
| Okokwu | 67 | 80 | / |
| Ekokwu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Okikwu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ekekwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akegbu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ukekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ucegwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekagwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeychkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okechckwu | 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
- 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 Okegwu
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