Okouin Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Okouin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 223 | 1:46,348 | 5,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 66 | 1:349,564 | 12,508 |
Okouin (29) may also be a first name.
Okouin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okouin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okouin has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okouin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okouin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 917,199th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Okouin reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okouin is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 29 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 46,348. In Benin Okouin is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 71 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 11 percent reside and Zou Department, where 9 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gokouin | 92 | 41 | / |
| Okouain | 92 | 4 | / |
| Okouyin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oskouein | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akouin | 83 | 52 | / |
| Okoain | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hookouina | 80 | 0 | / |
| Okoyien | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akouyin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okohain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoyein | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oquouin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akouehin | 71 | 19 | / |
| Akhouine | 71 | 9 | / |
| Okouheun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akohin | 67 | 987 | / |
| Okoene | 67 | 200 | / |
| Akuhin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okohim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akouehina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoeyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oqeuin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okouin
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis