Okonkwo Surname
Approximately 260,323 people bear this surname
Okonkwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256,725 | 1:690 | 81 |
| United States | 1,211 | 1:299,305 | 27,626 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| England | 744 | 1:74,890 | 8,505 |
| South Africa | 196 | 1:276,417 | 27,312 |
| Canada | 94 | 1:391,974 | 34,739 |
| Ireland | 66 | 1:71,348 | 4,439 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Belize | 9 | 1:39,497 | 2,328 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Okonkwo (10,354) may also be a first name.
Okonkwo Demographics
Okonkwo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okonkwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okonkwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okonkwo is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okonkwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okonkwo is the 2,099th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 27,994 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okonkwo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okonkwo is also the 59,850th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 10,354 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 256,725 people, or 1 in 690. In Nigeria Okonkwo is primarily concentrated in: Anambra, where 43 percent are found, Imo, where 12 percent are found and Enugu, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 75 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Okonkwo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Okonkwo last name are 38.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.54% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okonkwo earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.93% less than the national average, earning R 192,660 per year; in United States they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $46,693 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning $46,695 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okonnkwo | 93 | 30 | / |
| Okonkwuo | 93 | 24 | / |
| Okoonkwo | 93 | 21 | / |
| Okonkwoh | 93 | 10 | / |
| Okonkwwo | 93 | 7 | / |
| Okonkkwo | 93 | 6 | / |
| Okonkwoi | 93 | 5 | / |
| Okonkwoo | 93 | 5 | / |
| Ockonkwo | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okonkwoa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okonkcwo | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okonkhwo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okonkwot | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okuonkwo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okoynkwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Okkonkwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Okomnkwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ookonkwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Oikonkwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Okounkwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Oukonkwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okohnkwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okonkwou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okonkwohe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Okonkwoha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Okonkwa | 86 | 59 | / |
| Okongwo | 86 | 28 | / |
| Okunkwo | 86 | 19 | / |
| Okankwo | 86 | 10 | / |
| Okonkuo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ukonkwo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okonnnnkwo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Akonkwa | 71 | 3,369 | / |
| Okongwa | 71 | 45 | / |
| Okungwo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akankwo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okonquo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okomgwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akongwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoungbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okounkua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akongwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okonkwo
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