Okpaku Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4711:376,09920,048
United States351:10,355,970420,657
England91:6,190,895170,599

Okpaku (46) may also be a first name.

Okpaku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okpaku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okpaku is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okpaku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 602,749th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Okpaku are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 46 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 471 people, or 1 in 376,099. In Nigeria Okpaku is most common in: Rivers, where 28 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Okpaku is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Okpaku Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Okpaku are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Okpaku earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.21% more than the national average, earning $57,912 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okpaeku922/
Okpakou921/
Okpeaku921/
Okpauku921/
Okpoku83750/
Akpaku83667/
Okpeku83509/
Ukpaku8352/
Ekpaku8343/
Akpakou77823/
Akpaaku7779/
Okpokou7713/
Ekpakou779/
Okpeuku771/
Ukpakuh771/
Okpouku771/
Okpekou771/
Houkpaïkou751/
Okpacheu717/
Akpaïkou711/
Ekpeku67256/
Akpeku6720/
Akpacou621/
Aïkpekou573/
Akpasqou571/
Ukpoku50101/
Akpoku5098/
Ekpoku5050/

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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 Okpaku
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis