Okohu Surname
Approximately 1,371 people bear this surname
Okohu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,370 | 1:129,301 | 8,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okohu (88) may also be a first name.
Okohu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okohu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okohu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okohu.
How Common Is The Last Name Okohu? popularity and diffusion
Okohu is the 281,430th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,315,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okohu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okohu is also the 1,017,994th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 88 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,370 people, or 1 in 129,301. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 88 percent reside, Enugu, where 2 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Okohu
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