Okorukwu Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Okorukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Okorukwu (28) may also be a first name.
Okorukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okorukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okorukwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okorukwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okorukwu is the 1,931,261st most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okorukwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 68 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 1 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
- 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 Okorukwu
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