Okoso Surname
Approximately 1,091 people bear this surname
Okoso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Nigeria | 230 | 1:770,186 | 34,704 |
| Japan | 136 | 1:940,032 | 19,489 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Okoso (53) may also be a first name.
Okoso Demographics
Average Okoso Salary in
England
£15,785
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Okoso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okoso is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 337,484th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,679,694 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Okoso reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoso is also the 1,366,219th most widely held first name globally, borne by 53 people.
The surname is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Apart from Ghana Okoso occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Japan, where 12 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 Okoso
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