Okukwo Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okukwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okukwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Okukwo Last Name Facts

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

Okukwo is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okukwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Okukwo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Okukwo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okukwo live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Okukwo is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 88 percent reside and Ekiti, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoukwo9224/
Okunkwo9219/
Okounkwo861/
Okokwo83196/
Okukwa8351/
Ekukwo8342/
Akukwo834/
Okugwo831/
Askukwo773/
Okogkwo771/
Okockwo771/
Ekukwa67131/
Akukwa67106/
Okokwa6713/
Okogwo674/
Akuqwo672/
Okokuo671/
Ukukwa671/
Okukua671/
Okigwo671/
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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 Okukwo
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