Okpua Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Okpua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okpua (14) may also be a first name.
Okpua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okpua occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okpua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okpua is the 1,295,379th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpua are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent live, Rivers, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Okpua occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpuha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okpuoha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okbua | 80 | 54 | / |
| Ekpua | 80 | 42 | / |
| Okpuo | 80 | 41 | / |
| Akpua | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ukpua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eekpua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpwa'a | 67 | 9 | / |
| Akpuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekbua | 60 | 834 | / |
| Akpwa | 60 | 129 | / |
| Akpuo | 60 | 78 | / |
| Ekpwa | 60 | 54 | / |
| Okpwo | 60 | 3 | / |
| Akbua | 60 | 1 | / |
| Okbuo | 60 | 1 | / |
| Aekbua | 55 | 22 | / |
| Okpwoy | 55 | 1 | / |
| Akpweu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Akpwea | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ekpwai | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ekpwah | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ekpwa'a | 50 | 2 | / |
| Akpouho | 50 | 2 | / |
| Akhbuea | 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 Okpua
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