Okorongwu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Okorongwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okorongwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okorongwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okorongwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okorongwu? popularity and diffusion
Okorongwu is the 2,776,799th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Okorongwu live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okorongwu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 63 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 2 percent reside and Italy, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okorongwwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okorogwu | 94 | 14 | / |
| Okoronkwu | 89 | 185 | / |
| Okorougwu | 89 | 11 | / |
| Okoroigewu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Okorokwu | 82 | 42 | / |
| Okoragwu | 82 | 19 | / |
| Okorogbu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okoroukwu | 78 | 255 | / |
| Okoroogbu | 78 | 9 | / |
| Okoronkwoo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Okaragwu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Akarogbu | 59 | 2 | / |
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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 Okorongwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis