Okoro Surname
Approximately 412,289 people bear this surname
Okoro Surname User-submission:
The Okoro surname originated from a small village called Nkpa in Bende Local Government Area Council, Abia North Senatorial District, Abia State, Nigeria.
Okoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 405,143 | 1:437 | 50 |
| Ghana | 2,355 | 1:11,474 | 1,518 |
| United States | 1,555 | 1:233,093 | 22,416 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| England | 787 | 1:70,798 | 8,124 |
| Kenya | 229 | 1:201,659 | 14,674 |
| Uganda | 170 | 1:229,643 | 17,617 |
| Spain | 146 | 1:320,219 | 18,882 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| Congo | 103 | 1:48,438 | 4,465 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iceland | 26 | 1:14,619 | 1,259 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Ukraine | 21 | 1:2,167,747 | 147,417 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Senegal | 19 | 1:767,334 | 2,735 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Okoro (26,210) may also be a first name.
Okoro Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Okoro surname originated from a small village called Nkpa in Bende Local Government Area Council, Abia North Senatorial District, Abia State, Nigeria.
- alfredforebearsOkoh as an Ika name in Delta State, Nigeria. It means 'young, fine man'. It is the short or acronym for Okoro in Igboland in Nigeria.
- edgarlise2003Okoro Demographics
Average Male Okoro Height
178.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Okoro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okoro (Russian: Окоро) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okoro.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoro? popularity and diffusion
Okoro is the 1,308th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 17,676 people. Okoro is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoro reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoro is also the 30,870th most widely held first name in the world, held by 26,210 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 405,143 people, or 1 in 437. In Nigeria Okoro is mostly concentrated in: Imo, where 29 percent live, Anambra, where 11 percent live and Delta, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 92 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Okoro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okoro surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.75% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Okoro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 56.66% more than the national average, earning 542,167 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.42% less than the national average, earning R 91,692 per year; in United States they earn 6.84% more than the national average, earning $46,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.34% less than the national average, earning $38,582 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okoro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okoro in the Russian language | ||
| Окоро | okoro | - |
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