Okolu Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Okolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okolu (15) may also be a first name.
Okolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okolu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okolu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okolu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 15 people.
The last name Okolu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria Okolu is most prevalent in: Delta, where 34 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Kwara, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 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 Okolu
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