Okoah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Okoah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okoah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okoah is the 5,391,485th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoah are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Okoah is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okohah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Okoaha | 91 | 4 | / |
| Okoach | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okoa | 89 | 1,149 | / |
| Okoyiah | 83 | 8 | / |
| Okoohah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okoha | 80 | 2,080 | / |
| Okoua | 80 | 2,040 | / |
| Okoho | 80 | 349 | / |
| Ekoah | 80 | 17 | / |
| Gokoa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akoah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okaho | 80 | 3 | / |
| Okoad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okooa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hokoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ockoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gokoua | 73 | 96 | / |
| Okojia | 73 | 69 | / |
| Akouah | 73 | 29 | / |
| Goikoa | 73 | 25 | / |
| Okohai | 73 | 22 | / |
| Okoyia | 73 | 14 | / |
| Oukoua | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ekouah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Oko'oa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okoeha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okohod | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hokoha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okoeho | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okohei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okoiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okhoha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oukoha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okooho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ockoua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ockoha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okojea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokoua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okahau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okoija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okao | 67 | 6,667 | / |
| Akoa | 67 | 6,056 | / |
| Ekoa | 67 | 1,264 | / |
| Ocoa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ouskoua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Houkoua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okojiea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goukoua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuojia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekojiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houskoa | 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 Okoah
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