Okoan Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Okoan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okoan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast891:259,22710,202
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Okoan (21) may also be a first name.

Okoan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okoan occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okoan.

How Common Is The Last Name Okoan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. Okoan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Okoan reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.

The surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 259,227. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Lagunes District, where 83 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast Okoan is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okouan9150/
Okoand913/
Okoang912/
Hokoan911/
Okohan911/
Okoain911/
Hokoane8350/
Okouain834/
Okoehan833/
Okouand833/
Oukouan832/
Okouang831/
Okoannh831/
Okohain831/
Gockoan831/
Ekoan80119/
Akoan8056/
Akhoan731,734/
Akouan7394/
Okahon7332/
Eko'an7310/
Hakoan736/
Ukoaun736/
Okoyon735/
Ekohan734/
Akoann733/
Okojon732/
Okohon732/
Egkoan731/
Aakoan731/
Okoamh731/
Okouon731/
Ukohan731/
Okoham731/
Okouangue7159/
Akouane67688/
Akojyan6736/
Akhoane6724/
Hokohon6719/
Aekouan674/
Ekoyian671/
Okoyonh671/
Akouand671/
Udkoang671/
Hoskoam671/
O'Cohan670/

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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
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  • 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 Okoan
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