Okewu Surname

99,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,735 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,7321:37,4353,019
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okewu (290) may also be a first name.

Okewu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okewu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okewu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 99,872nd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,539,080 people. The surname Okewu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okewu is also the 518,802nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 290 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,732 people, or 1 in 37,435. In Nigeria Okewu is mostly found in: Benue, where 35 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Kogi, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Okewu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (91%) in Nigeria.

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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 Okewu
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