Okowe Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Okowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okowe (23) may also be a first name.
Okowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okowe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okowe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okowe is the 1,369,340th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Okowe reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okowe is also the 2,239,265th most common first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 48 percent reside, Plateau, where 10 percent reside and Edo, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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
- 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 Okowe
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