Okowu Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Okowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okowu (60) may also be a first name.
Okowu Demographics
Okowu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okowu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okowu.
How Common Is The Last Name Okowu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 783,439th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okowu reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okowu is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 60 people.
The surname Okowu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 571,428. In Nigeria Okowu is most numerous in: Abia, where 35 percent live, Ekiti, where 23 percent live and Imo, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Okowu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okowu surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okowhu | 91 | 28 | / |
| Okowou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okowui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okowgu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okewu | 80 | 4,735 | / |
| Okawu | 80 | 327 | / |
| Okovu | 80 | 201 | / |
| Akowu | 80 | 64 | / |
| Ukowu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ekowu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Okuwu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Okauwu | 73 | 68 | / |
| Akowou | 73 | 56 | / |
| Okavou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Otkuwu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Akgowu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okhuwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akoywu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okewuy | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akojwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okobuh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okaewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okowoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okehwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okaawu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okubou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gokovu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okewwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okuwgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okewhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeuwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojkuwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okobou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gokovou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hokuwau | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ocgoywu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ukochwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoobuh | 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
- 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 Okowu
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