Okpwe Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Okpwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Okpwe Demographics
Okpwe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okpwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okpwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okpwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpwe? popularity and diffusion
Okpwe is the 1,478,479th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okpwe are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okpwe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 1,553,884. In Nigeria Okpwe is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 97 percent are found, Delta, where 1 percent are found and Edo, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Okpwe is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Okpwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okppwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okpw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okpue | 80 | 364 | / |
| Akpwe | 80 | 140 | / |
| Ekpwe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Akpweh | 73 | 110 | / |
| Akpwei | 73 | 13 | / |
| Okpoue | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akpwet | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okpwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpwa'a | 67 | 9 | / |
| Akpwa | 60 | 129 | / |
| Akpue | 60 | 11 | / |
| Akbwe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Okpuhi | 55 | 3 | / |
| Akpuie | 55 | 1 | / |
| Akpuhe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Okpuha | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ekpwai | 55 | 1 | / |
| Akpuee | 55 | 1 | / |
| Akpouhe | 50 | 2 | / |
| Akpuehe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ekpuhie | 50 | 1 | / |
| Okpuoha | 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 Okpwe
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