Okokoro Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okokoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okokoro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5851:302,80816,886
England31:18,572,686338,250
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Okokoro (34) may also be a first name.

Okokoro Last Name Facts

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

Okokoro occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okokoro? popularity and diffusion

Okokoro is the 542,751st most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname Okokoro occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okokoro reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okokoro is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 34 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 302,808. In Nigeria Okokoro is most frequent in: Delta, where 48 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ocokoro86105/
Ekokoro8682/
Okokuro8678/
Akokoro869/
Okakoro867/
Okokaro861/
Okokora861/
Okoukourou822/
Ekokoruo8074/
Okokhero801/
Ekakoro711,302/
Akakoro71242/
Okekaro71107/
Okakuro7173/
Akukoro7134/
Ukukoro7111/
Okakaro711/
Akekoro711/

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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 Okokoro
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