Okouma Surname
Approximately 2,181 people bear this surname
Okouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 1,364 | 1:1,385 | 225 |
| Congo | 723 | 1:6,901 | 1,069 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okouma (21) may also be a first name.
Okouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okouma is carried by more people in Gabon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okouma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 192,952nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,341,378 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okouma live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
Okouma is most frequent in Gabon, where it is borne by 1,364 people, or 1 in 1,385. Beside Gabon this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 33 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Okouma
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