Okewo Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Okewo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okewo (18) may also be a first name.
Okewo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okewo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okewo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okewo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,044,719th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. Okewo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewo live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 18 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Okewo is most common in: Ogun, where 40 percent are found, Lagos, where 28 percent are found and Ekiti, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okoewo | 91 | 19 | / |
| Okeawo | 91 | 12 | / |
| Okewoi | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okeewo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okeiwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewgo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okechwo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okewa | 80 | 237 | / |
| Okawo | 80 | 130 | / |
| Akewo | 80 | 62 | / |
| Okowo | 80 | 40 | / |
| Ekewo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okiwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoekewou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeboh | 73 | 75 | / |
| Okoewa | 73 | 66 | / |
| Okevou | 73 | 47 | / |
| Akewoh | 73 | 32 | / |
| Okievo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Okeawa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okawho | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okebou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ukeiwo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okaewa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okowuo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekewou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okeuwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okohwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okahwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okowoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ookewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akewou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akewho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okawoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeavo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekiewo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okehbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okewah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ockewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoykawo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okeiwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okechwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoewah | 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 Okewo
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