Okunwague Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okunwague Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunwague Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1281:1,383,92853,929
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okunwague Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okunwague is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okunwague.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunwague? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,581,912th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okunwague are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okunwague is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria Okunwague is most frequent in: Edo, where 92 percent live, Rivers, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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 Okunwague
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