Okpanum Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpanum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okpanum 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
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Okpanum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okpanum occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpanum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,152,526th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Okpanum is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okpanum live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okpanum is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria Okpanum is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 21 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

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
Okpanun861/
Akpanum861/
Akpanoume751/
Akpanun711/
Akpannom671/
Akpanutin6346/
Akpanusen6335/
Akpanhoun638/
Akpagnoun631/
Akpanon57340/
Okponon575/
Hakpanon531/
Akponhoun505/
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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 Okpanum
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