Okorro Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Okorro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Okorro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okorro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okorro is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okorro? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Okorro are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okorro is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Okorro is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Qatar, where 2 percent live.
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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 Okorro
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