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.

DNA test information

Okewande Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okewande? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 773,729th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewande are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Okewande is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 483,997. In Nigeria Okewande is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 46 percent are found, Osun, where 25 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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