Okewu Surname
Approximately 4,735 people bear this surname
Okewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,732 | 1:37,435 | 3,019 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okewu (290) may also be a first name.
Okewu Demographics
Okewu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okewu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okewu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okewu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okewu is the 99,872nd most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,539,080 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okewu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 518,802nd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 290 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,732 people, or 1 in 37,435. In Nigeria Okewu is most frequent in: Benue, where 35 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent reside and Kogi, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Okewu occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Okewu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okiewu | 91 | 11 | / |
| Okeiwu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Okewuy | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okgewu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okeuwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewhu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okaewu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okehwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okejwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okeiwau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okowu | 80 | 361 | / |
| Okawu | 80 | 327 | / |
| Ukewu | 80 | 51 | / |
| Akewu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Okiwu | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ekewu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Okevu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ocewu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoekewou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okechwuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekeiwu | 73 | 133 | / |
| Hokebu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Okevou | 73 | 47 | / |
| Ochewu | 73 | 34 | / |
| Okowhu | 73 | 28 | / |
| Okebou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ekewou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okievu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akewou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okaawu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aakewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akgewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akewhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okewoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeabu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeibu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okebui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oikebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocheiwu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Akaewhu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akeuweu | 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 Okewu
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