Okewi Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Okewi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Okewi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okewi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okewi occurs most in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okewi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewi live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 430,650. In Benin Okewi is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 100 percent live. Other than Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okewih | 91 | 34 | / |
| Okewoi | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okewie | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okehwi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewis | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewith | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okiewei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okewe | 80 | 402 | / |
| Okewa | 80 | 237 | / |
| Okowi | 80 | 216 | / |
| Okevi | 80 | 26 | / |
| Okawi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Okiwi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Akewi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okewuihe | 77 | 7 | / |
| Okawai | 73 | 162 | / |
| Okebei | 73 | 88 | / |
| Ekewei | 73 | 48 | / |
| Hokawi | 73 | 34 | / |
| Ukeswi | 73 | 16 | / |
| Okeibi | 73 | 15 | / |
| Okowei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Akewei | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okeawa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okewue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okeyui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okowie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okewuy | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okebyi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okawei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akiewi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okeivi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ockewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okevie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okebui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okohwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okhevi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeabi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oukawi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okewea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okiwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ookewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okebii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuwei | 67 | 431 | / |
| Okiowei | 67 | 128 | / |
| Ochkewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekewhie | 67 | 2 | / |
| O'Kawai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oshkevi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukhebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukawai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohgkewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okevich | 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 Okewi
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