Okemadu Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okemadu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okemadu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2441:725,99533,220
England111:5,065,278148,650
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Okemadu (16) may also be a first name.

Okemadu Last Name Facts

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

Okemadu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okemadu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 966,131st most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Okemadu live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

The surname Okemadu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 725,995. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 20 percent reside, Adamawa, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.

Okemadu Last Name Statistics demography

Okemadu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68% less than the national average, earning R 76,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okemmadu9375/
Okehmadu937/
Okeamadu932/
Okemadui931/
Okamadu86138/
Okomadu8696/
Ekemadu8654/
Okemedu861/
Okammadu8046/
Okommadu802/
Okemmedu801/
Oukomadou751/
Akamadu71451/
Ekamadu71139/
Akomadu715/
Okomedu713/
Uchemadu67251/
Akammadu6749/
Ekammadu676/
Akamadhu674/
Okhomodu671/
Akkamadu671/
Ekamadhu671/
Uchemmadu6317/
Akammadou631/
Akkamadou631/
Hakamadou631/
Akamedeu531/
Akhimedu531/

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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 Okemadu
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