Okpaluba Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpaluba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okpaluba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1431:1,238,76149,638
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Okpaluba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okpaluba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpaluba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okpaluba is the 1,369,340th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Okpaluba live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okpaluba is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Okpaluba is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 25 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okpalauba9452/
Okpalubo8871/
Okpolubi7535/
Okpalobi7530/
Okpolubo751/
Ukpalubo751/
Okpolube751/
Okpalobo751/
Akpalibo631/
Okpolobi631/
Okpolobo631/
Akpolobi506/
Akpolobo501/
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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 Okpaluba
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