Okposo Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okposo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okposo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5781:306,47517,059
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Okposo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okposo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okposo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okposo is the 542,751st most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okposo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okposo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 306,475. In Nigeria Okposo is most numerous in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Bayelsa, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Okposo Last Name Statistics demography

Okposo earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okposio921,185/
Okpoiso9282/
Okposso9224/
Okpooso921/
Okposuo921/
Okpoesoh8615/
Okpossou861/
Okpozo83183/
Okpojo8395/
Akposo8321/
Okposa836/
Ekposo831/
Ukposo831/
Okpaso831/
Okpoessoh8021/
Houkposso802/
Hokpossou802/
Akposso771,049/
Akposio7717/
Akposho7714/
Okpozou7714/
Ekposso7712/
Akposco7711/
Akpoiso774/
Ukpoiso774/
Akposou771/
Ekposou771/
Okpojho771/
Okpozoh771/
Akpossou71408/
Okpessou7170/
Okpodjou7161/
Okpessoh714/
Akpaso67797/
Okpoja67131/
Okpusa6797/
Akpojo6758/
Ekpaso6734/
Okpaco6722/
Okpesa6710/
Okpeïssou678/
Ekposa675/
Akposioha674/
Ukpozo672/
Okpoza672/
Ekpoessoh671/
Akposa671/
Okpajo671/
Ekpeso671/
Okpasa671/
Akpuso671/
Okpezo671/
Okpeessou671/

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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
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  • 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 Okposo
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