Okorom Surname

385,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okorom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okorom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5971:296,72216,613
Uganda2731:143,00112,845
United States221:16,475,406557,260
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Okorom (14) may also be a first name.

Okorom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okorom (Russian: Окором) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okorom? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 385,671st most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okorom live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okorom is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 296,722. In Nigeria Okorom is most numerous in: Lagos, where 20 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Kano, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Okorom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Okorom last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Okorom earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 51.69% less than the national average, earning R 114,804 per year and in United States they earn 7.27% less than the national average, earning $40,012 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okorome9224/
Okoorom921/
Okoroume862/
Okourome861/
Okouroim861/
Akorom838/
Okorum832/
Okoram831/
Okarom831/
Okorume7719/
Ozkorum7715/
Hekorom778/
Okorame771/
Hokarom771/
Oukaroum715/
Okourume711/
Hokarrom711/
Okoreume711/
Oukerroum67443/
Okaram6726/
Akarom6717/
Oukarroum676/
Akoram672/
Ekoram672/
Okurum671/
Ukorum671/

Okorom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okorom in the Russian language
Окоромokorom-

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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 Okorom
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