Okoroigwe Surname
Approximately 960 people bear this surname
Okoroigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 944 | 1:187,651 | 11,385 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Okoroigwe (13) may also be a first name.
Okoroigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoroigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoroigwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoroigwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 373,425th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,591,194 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoroigwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoroigwe is also the 3,159,357th most common forename in the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 944 people, or 1 in 187,651. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Okoroigwe is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okoroigweh | 95 | 7 | / |
| Okorigwe | 94 | 250 | / |
| Okorogwe | 94 | 11 | / |
| Okoroigue | 89 | 6 | / |
| Okoorigwe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Okoroegwe | 89 | 3 | / |
| Okoirigwe | 89 | 2 | / |
| Okoriegwe | 89 | 2 | / |
| Okoroigbe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okorigwer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okoroigwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okoreigwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okoroygwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okaroigwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okorighwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okoroghwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okoriogwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okorogbe | 82 | 23 | / |
| Okorogwa | 82 | 11 | / |
| Okorigbe | 82 | 8 | / |
| Okorikwe | 82 | 5 | / |
| Okerigwe | 82 | 4 | / |
| Okorigue | 82 | 2 | / |
| Okoriqwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okorigwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okoroekwe | 78 | 59 | / |
| Okoriekwe | 78 | 4 | / |
| Okereigwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ekerigwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okoregbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okorokwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okarigbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okorekwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akuorigbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okorakwhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akaraigwe | 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
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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 Okoroigwe
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