Okoobo Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okoobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okoobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria971:1,826,21465,886
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Okoobo Last Name Facts

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

Okoobo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okoobo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okoobo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okoobo is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okoobo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okoobo is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria Okoobo is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 68 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okobo911,327/
Okooboth861/
Okoboi833,255/
Okoboh83225/
Okoubo83129/
Okoboa8370/
Okoebo8313/
Okooba8312/
Okosbo838/
Okoboy833/
Okobot832/
Okuobo832/
Okhobo832/
Gokobo832/
Okobou831/
Okoibo831/
Okoeboh7720/
Oikhobo7718/
Okuoboh7714/
Ukoobot777/
Okouboh774/
Okoboha771/
Okhuobo771/
Okhoboh771/
Okoboid771/
Okubo73152,786/
Okabo734,553/
Ekobo732,387/
Okoba731,040/
Akobo731,028/
Ukobo73221/
Ocobo735/
Oikhoboh7110/
Oukoubou717/
Oukubo671,148/
Gakobo67752/
Ohkubo67495/
Okhoba67207/
Okobah67112/
Ookubo67109/
Ekoboi6791/
Okouba6785/
Akoubo6742/
Ukobot6729/
Okaboi6714/
Okuboh6714/
Okaboy6714/
Ukoboh6713/
Ecoobo6712/
Okuovo6711/
Okhubo679/
Ekoubo677/
Okaabo676/
Akoboi675/
Okuoba675/
Oukabo675/
Akoboh675/
Okonpo674/
Akooba674/
Ocobos674/
Ekoboy674/
Uskobo673/
Akhobo673/
Oikoba673/
Oikubo673/
Okeubo672/
Okompo672/
Okobga672/
Aukobo672/
Ojkovo672/
Oukhoubou671/
Okkubo671/
Okobuo671/
Akobot671/
Goukoubou671/
Gokoba671/
Ekoboh671/
Ekoibo671/
Akoibo671/
Akoovo671/
Akoboa671/
Akobod671/
Okoeba671/
Akobou671/
Eckobo671/
Ogcobo671/
Odkubo671/
Hokabo671/
Hakobo671/
Okubou671/

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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
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  • 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 Okoobo
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