Okoligwe Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Okoligwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okoligwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3911:453,05123,131
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Okoligwe Last Name Facts

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

Okoligwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okoligwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Okoligwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 731,961st most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoligwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Okoligwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 453,051. In Nigeria Okoligwe is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 44 percent are found, Delta, where 23 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Okoligwe Last Name Statistics demography

Okoligwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.2% less than the national average, earning R 47,052 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoloigwe9465/
Okoligweh941/
Okoligbe8831/
Okeligwe888/
Okolegwe881/
Okoliekwe822/
Okeleiggwe781/
Okolegbe752/
Okholegbe711/
Okhuleigbe6722/
Akaligbe6321/
Okelekwe6321/
Okolekwa631/
Okulegbe631/
Okhalegbe591/
Okheulegbe565/
Akulegwa5035/
Akalukwe5017/

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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 Okoligwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis