Okunka Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Okunka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Okunka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okunka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okunka is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Okunka live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent are found, Ogun, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent are found and Ghana, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akunka83113/
Okunko836/
Okunke833/
Okumka831/
Okonka831/
Ekunka831/
Ukunkaa776/
Akounka771/
Ocounka771/
Okhonka771/
Okhuenko714/
Oukongka711/
Ookongka711/
Ocunkhai711/
Okutenko711/
Okonko672,389/
Akunke6750/
Akonka6720/
Uckunkaya6710/
Ukumka677/
Okumko676/
Ekunko671/
Okonke671/
Okuchenko671/

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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 Okunka
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