Okove Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Okove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okove Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okove is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okove click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okove? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okove is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Okove is primarily found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Okove reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea Okove is most prevalent in: Northern, where 60 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 21 percent reside and National Capital District, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gokove | 91 | 26 | / |
| Okovie | 91 | 5 | / |
| Okouve | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oskovei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akove | 80 | 184 | / |
| Okowe | 80 | 161 | / |
| Okovi | 80 | 26 | / |
| Okeve | 80 | 24 | / |
| Ekove | 80 | 15 | / |
| Okave | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hoskover | 77 | 11 | / |
| Oskouvei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gokave | 73 | 105 | / |
| Gokovi | 73 | 34 | / |
| Akovie | 73 | 29 | / |
| Okowei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gakove | 73 | 10 | / |
| Okowhe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Okuobe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okaveh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okovyt | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okovay | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okowie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okevea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okuova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okavhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oikobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okoweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akovey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oskovi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okovit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akoive | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akouve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okkovi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okevie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okavie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uoskovets | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ochkovets | 71 | 9 | / |
| Okoihue | 67 | 82 | / |
| Okhavhe | 67 | 51 | / |
| Okochwe | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hakover | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okovich | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okoibee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okahoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoobhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odkoviz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gokaave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goikave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ochkovy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokovai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okove
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