Okoure Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Okoure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Okoure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okoure is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okoure.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoure? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okoure is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoure live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okoure is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 88 percent are found and Edo, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Okoure occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 9 percent are found and The Congo, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Okoure
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