Okpokwu Surname
Approximately 1,011 people bear this surname
Okpokwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,007 | 1:175,911 | 10,861 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Okpokwu (84) may also be a first name.
Okpokwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpokwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpokwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okpokwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpokwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 358,623rd most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,208,255 people. Okpokwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpokwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 84 people.
The surname Okpokwu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,007 people, or 1 in 175,911. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 40 percent live, Benue, where 31 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpookwu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okponkwu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ukpokwu | 86 | 305 | / |
| Okpekwu | 86 | 272 | / |
| Okpogwu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Okpakwu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okpankwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akpakwu | 71 | 370 | / |
| Akpogwu | 71 | 102 | / |
| Ukpogwu | 71 | 91 | / |
| Okpagwu | 71 | 32 | / |
| Akpekwu | 71 | 11 | / |
| Akpukwu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ukpakwu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ekpekwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akpuogwu | 67 | 74 | / |
| Okpughwu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Akpougwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpokwoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpaukwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpanngwu | 63 | 3 | / |
| Ukpugwu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Akpagwu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Ukpagwu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Akpugwu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Akpangwu | 53 | 26 | / |
| Ahakpugwu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Okpokwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis