Okonwa Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okonwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okonwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okonwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okonwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okonwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okonwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Okonwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Okonwa is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Rivers, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okonway921/
Gokonwa921/
Okonwo833,539/
Ukonwa83245/
Okunwa83185/
Okonwe83119/
Okanwa8345/
Ekonwa837/
Akonwa834/
Okonua833/
Okonwei7721/
Akonwah7711/
Okonhwo779/
Okunnwa778/
Okounwo773/
Okonuah773/
Okonmba772/
Okoomwa771/
Okonwwo771/
Akonwea771/
Okhenwa771/
Ukounwa771/
Oconway771/
Okonnwo771/
Okannwa771/
Ukoinwa771/
Okonwii771/
Ukanwa671,765/
Akanwa671,024/
Okunwe67345/
Akunwa67238/
Akonwe6738/
Okanwo6723/
Okonui6722/
Ekanwa6721/
Akonwo6714/
Okunba6713/
Akonwi6712/
Okonbi675/
Okunwo674/
Okamwa673/
Ukonba673/
Ukonwo672/
Okanwe672/
Ukomwa671/
Okomwo671/
Ukonua671/

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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 Okonwa
  • 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