Okposin Surname
Approximately 981 people bear this surname
Okposin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 971 | 1:182,433 | 11,162 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Okposin (111) may also be a first name.
Okposin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okposin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okposin is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okposin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 367,166th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,428,691 people. The last name Okposin is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okposin live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 890,531st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 111 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 971 people, or 1 in 182,433. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent reside, Cross River, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpoesin | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okposen | 86 | 45 | / |
| Ekposin | 86 | 7 | / |
| Okposnh | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okpochin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okpoichin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekpoessien | 71 | 75 | / |
| Okposem | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekposen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akpesin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akpogin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpessin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekpoesen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekpousen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpessin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpachin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpaesien | 63 | 13 | / |
| Akpaessin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akpaessien | 59 | 159 | / |
| Akhpashina | 59 | 1 | / |
| Akpasen | 57 | 145 | / |
| Akpezin | 57 | 9 | / |
| Akpesen | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ekpesen | 57 | 1 | / |
| Akpassen | 53 | 29 | / |
| Akpaesen | 53 | 13 | / |
| Agpushin | 53 | 2 | / |
| Akpausen | 53 | 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 Okposin
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