Okoume Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Okoume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Okoume (16) may also be a first name.
Okoume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okoume occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Okoume is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoume reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Okoume is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
The surname Okoume is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Okoume is mostly found in: East Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 33 percent reside and Nigeria, where 33 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
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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 Okoume
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