Okewoye Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okewoye Surname User-submission:

Okewoye is a name originated from a culture called Yoruba and Yoruba is a culture practice in the western part of Nigeria!. The first person to beared the name called Okewoye was born in osun state Nigeria in the year 1889 and he had two brothers named okewale and okedu and they were named by their mum!!.

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Okewoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3241:546,73726,707
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Okewoye (10) may also be a first name.

Okewoye Surname Meaning

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Okewoye is a name originated from a culture called Yoruba and Yoruba is a culture practice in the western part of Nigeria!. The first person to beared the name called Okewoye was born in osun state Nigeria in the year 1889 and he had two brothers named okewale and okedu and they were named by their mum!!.. the reason why three of them had 'OKE' in the beginning of Thier name was because when Thier mum was Insearched of a baby and she found it hard then, so she went to a mountain to pray to God to give her a baby and finally God answered her prayers and gave her three handsome boys!. Though God didn't gave her the three boys at once but her first son was named 'Okewoye' and the second okewale and third okedu!!!.. the meaning of 'OKE' in English means mountain, so she used the mountain to named her three sons and it a promised she made to God.. so 'Okewoye' really means in English is 'TOP Noticed' and 'Okewoye' has evolved today and where ever the 'Okewoye' families are ,they are always 'TOP Noticed'!!!..

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Okewoye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okewoye occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okewoye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okewoye is the 839,220th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okewoye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okewoye is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name internationally, held by 10 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 546,737. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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