Okuns Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Latvia

Okuns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okuns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3671:482,67824,238
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Latvia241:85,41912,616
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England111:5,065,278148,650
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Okuns (62) may also be a first name.

Okuns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okuns is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okuns? popularity and diffusion

It is the 655,080th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Okuns are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 62 people.

Okuns is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 44 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Latvia, where 5 percent reside.

Okuns Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Okuns surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

Okuns earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.61% more than the national average, earning $54,198 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okhuns9122/
Okouns912/
Okunse911/
Okunshe832/
Okunç8085/
Akuns8039/
Okons8033/
Okunz802/
Ocuns801/
Okunze7311/
Akunsh736/
Okunje731/
Acouns731/
Hokums731/
Adkuns730/
Okunshowa711/
Akunshe6766/
Hookums672/
Oukoums672/
Akounse671/
Haskuns671/

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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 Okuns
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