Okop Surname

476,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Okop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4571:387,62120,469
Papua New Guinea2261:36,0784,313
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okop (136) may also be a first name.

Okop Last Name Facts

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

Okop (Russian: Окоп) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okop? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 476,328th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. The surname Okop occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Okop reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okop is also the 794,286th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 136 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 387,621. In Nigeria Okop is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 61 percent live, Rivers, where 21 percent live and Cross River, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria Okop exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Okop Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gokop89241/
Okope8965/
Ozkop8916/
Okoph895/
Okoyp891/
Okopf891/
Hoskop8020/
Oßkopp8010/
Hokkop806/
Oskopp801/
Ekop752,649/
Akop75993/
Ocop75986/
Okap75315/
Ukop7585/
Okob755/
Okopova7340/
Osskopp7329/
Hoskopp738/
Gougkop730/
Akope671,304/
Houtkoop67125/
Hokov6796/
Hokap6786/
Okhov6765/
Okape6765/
Hakop6740/
Gukop6724/
Okuov6720/
Ukhop6719/
Oykov6716/
Ocope678/
Gakop674/
Gokap674/
Akoop673/
Agkop672/
Akoup672/
Uokov672/
Okobh672/
Okohb671/
Okojb671/
Okhopova671/
Uskop671/
Akhop671/
Okaph671/
Akoph670/

Okop Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okop in the Russian language
Окопokop-

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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 Okop
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