Okotor Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okotor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okotor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okotor (15) may also be a first name.

Okotor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okotor is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okotor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okotor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okotor is the 1,014,722nd most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname Okotor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okotor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okotor is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Okotor is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 32 percent reside, Edo, where 28 percent reside and Kebbi, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okotore92193/
Okhotor9249/
Okoutor921/
Hokotor921/
Ekotor83160/
Akotor83131/
Okator8325/
Okutor832/
Ukotor831/
Ekhotor7720/
Ukoetor774/
Ekoetor771/
Akhotor771/
Okhator771/
Okotare771/
Ekuotor771/
Akotore771/
Akootor771/
Akhuotor7142/
Okuoture713/
Oekhator711/
Hokootar711/
Akator671,742/
Okatar67449/
Okutur67444/
Ekator6740/
Akutor6714/
Eketor674/
Ekotar674/
Ukator673/
Oukhatour671/
Oketar671/
Akotar671/

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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 Okotor
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