Okewande Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okewande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okewande Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3661:483,99724,298
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Okewande Last Name Facts

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

Okewande is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okewande? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 773,729th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The surname Okewande is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewande reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 483,997. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 46 percent reside, Osun, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Okewande exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okewaunde946/
Okeewande942/
Akewande886/
Okebande884/
Okawande882/
Okowande881/
Okiwande881/
Akiwande75130/
Akawande752/
Akiwwande715/
Ukebonde6317/
Ekowandi6314/
Ekawandi6310/
Akavande635/
Ekowende631/
Akaavande591/
Hakawandi591/
Akiwonde502/

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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 Okewande
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