Okuw Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Okuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Okuw (33) may also be a first name.
Okuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okuw occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Okuw live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okuw is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Okuw is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 89 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 31 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okuwe | 89 | 1,041 | / |
| Ojkuw | 89 | 3 | / |
| Okuws | 89 | 3 | / |
| Odkuw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okeuw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okouwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okuwww | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okuv | 75 | 70 | / |
| Okow | 75 | 51 | / |
| Akuw | 75 | 10 | / |
| Ekuw | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ukuw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Okuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okhauwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okubowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akuwe | 67 | 164 | / |
| Hokuf | 67 | 115 | / |
| Okufe | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akuwh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hokuv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akauw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ocuwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Askuw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uqkuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekauw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohkub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houkuiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uokow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okuw
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