Okube Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okube Surname User-submission:

The surname Okube means 'peaceful', 'decision maker'.

Okube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3001:590,47628,418
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
England81:6,964,757184,742
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Okube (18) may also be a first name.

Okube Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Okube means 'peaceful', 'decision maker'.

- estherokube

Okube Last Name Facts

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

Okube is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okube click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okube? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 832,284th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name Okube occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Okube are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okube is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 18 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 590,476. In Nigeria Okube is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 44 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

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