Okpob Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okpob 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
Nigeria2601:681,31831,645
Ivory Coast241:961,30123,927

Okpob (18) may also be a first name.

Okpob Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okpob is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpob? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 928,396th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okpob live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okpob is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 681,318. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 85 percent are found, Cross River, where 4 percent are found and Delta, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Okpob is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 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
Okpoeb911/
Okpop8046/
Okpab8011/
Ekpob8011/
Ukpob801/
Okpotp734/
Okpaeb731/
Akpub6022/
Akpab6011/
Ukpab6010/
Okpup609/
Ekpab604/
Ekpop602/
Ukpub601/
Okpape554/
Akpope551/
Akpophe502/
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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 Okpob
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