Okro Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Okro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2871:617,22229,344
Ivory Coast921:250,7749,967
Benin161:645,97538,126
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Okro (351) may also be a first name.

Okro Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okro (Russian: Окро) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 728,955th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Okro are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 465,148th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 351 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 617,222. In Nigeria Okro is most frequent in: Abia, where 15 percent are found, Enugu, where 14 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Okro is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okroj891,070/
Okrou891,052/
Okroy89682/
Okros89310/
Okroi89121/
Okroh8911/
Okrot898/
Oukro892/
Hokro891/
Okrro891/
Gokro891/
Hokroh80239/
Ockroy8013/
Okroud801/
Okroit801/
Oukhro801/
Oukrou801/
Okra751,170/
Akro75438/
Ekro7549/
Ukro7529/
Oqro751/
Ocro751/
Gokhroo7347/
Okhrood731/
Oygkros731/
Oukrout731/
O'Krout731/
Okrah6710,953/
Okrój678,817/
Hakro675,957/
Akrou67500/
Ocros67205/
Ukhro6787/
Gokra6774/
Akhro6745/
Akroh6737/
Okróy6736/
Úkrop6728/
Askro6717/
Akroj6711/
Okreu677/
Akroo676/
Akroi676/
Hukro674/
Akroa674/
Oukrouch674/
Hokra673/
Okraß672/
Ekroi671/
Ocrou671/
Okrad671/
Gukro671/
Oekra671/
Hockroth671/
Aukro671/
Okraa671/
Aakro671/
Hekro671/
Okhra671/
Okròj671/
Ockra670/

Okro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okro in the Russian language
Окроokro-

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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 Okro
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