Okoewo Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okoewo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okoewo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okoewo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okoewo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okoewo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Okoewo reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 35 percent live, Ogun, where 35 percent live and Ekiti, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

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Okoeboh7720/
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Okoeva6788/
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Okowah674/
Okowha674/
Akowoh673/
Okeuwa673/
Ekoewa673/
Akohwo672/
Ojkovo672/
Okahwo672/
Okoowa671/
Ookewa671/
Akewou671/
Akewho671/
Akoowo671/
Akoevo671/
Akowoa671/
Okawoy671/
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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 Okoewo
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