Okpo Surname

22,469th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria22,4281:7,898901
Ivory Coast1,3911:16,5861,287
Benin1991:51,9386,545
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
United States271:13,424,405494,117
England201:2,785,90397,972
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Okpo (2,990) may also be a first name.

Okpo Last Name Facts

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

Okpo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 22,469th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 301,437 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okpo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 132,410th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 2,990 people.

Okpo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22,428 people, or 1 in 7,898. In Nigeria Okpo is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 37 percent live, Cross River, where 15 percent live and Abia, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.

Okpo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Okpo earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 87.78% more than the national average, earning $81,027 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okpoh89817/
Hokpo89698/
Okpoi89269/
Okpoo8953/
Okpop8946/
Okpuo8941/
Okpou8935/
Okpoa8934/
Oikpo8927/
Ookpo8911/
Gokpo8910/
Oukpo895/
Okpho894/
Otkpo892/
Okppo891/
Oskpo891/
Okpoy891/
Oekpo891/
Okhpo891/
Okpod891/
Houkpo8033/
Okpotp804/
Goukpo803/
Okpout802/
Okpooh801/
Oskpou801/
Okposh801/
Ekpo7595,245/
Akpo7529,625/
Okpa7512,293/
Ukpo753,062/
Ogpo754/
Okpohie7327/
Houkpoh731/
Okpuoha731/
Gookpoh731/
Gakpo673,749/
Ekpoh671,457/
Okpah67565/
Hekpo67359/
Akpoo67335/
Gokpa67183/
Akpoh67148/
Ukpoh67122/
Akpuo6778/
Okpeu6777/
Aïkpo6776/
Okpaa6735/
Akpou6732/
Hakpo6721/
Agkpo6718/
Ukpoi6716/
Akpoa6715/
Akpoi6712/
Ukpot6711/
Ekppo679/
Ekpoo676/
Ukpho676/
Ookpa676/
Ukpoo675/
Ekpho674/
Akkpo674/
Ukpod674/
Ekpoi673/
Ukpou672/
Oukpa672/
Akpod672/
Okpha672/
Hokpa672/
Ekkpo671/
Aekpo671/
Okgpa671/
Hukpo671/
Okpfa671/
Eekpo671/
Okpaï671/
Eukpo671/
Ocpos671/
Akpoy671/
Ukpos671/
Akcpo671/
Oykpa671/
Okpau671/
Atkpo671/
Adkpo671/
Aukpo671/
Aakpo671/
Uokpa671/
Ockpa671/
Ekbpo671/
Ackpo671/

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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 Okpo
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