Okoue Surname
Approximately 1,437 people bear this surname
Okoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 960 | 1:1,968 | 332 |
| Ivory Coast | 385 | 1:59,925 | 3,521 |
| Congo | 68 | 1:73,369 | 6,611 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Okoué (4) are calculated separately.
Okoue (239) may also be a first name.
Okoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoue occurs in Gabon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Okoué. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoue? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 271,170th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,071,361 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Okoue live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Okoue is also the 578,640th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 239 people.
Okoue is most widespread in Gabon, where it is carried by 960 people, or 1 in 1,968. Barring Gabon it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and The Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Okoue
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