Okuweh Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okuweh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okuweh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria961:1,845,23766,383
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okuweh Last Name Facts

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

Okuweh is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okuweh.

How Common Is The Last Name Okuweh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,839,022nd most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Okuweh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okuweh are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Okuweh is most common in: Lagos, where 53 percent are found, Ondo, where 22 percent are found and Delta, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okuwe911,041/
Okuwei8311/
Okuwge832/
Okguwe832/
Okoweh831/
Okouwe831/
Okhauwe771/
Okuwoha771/
Okuwa732,648/
Ekuwe73321/
Okiwe73178/
Akuwe73164/
Okowe73161/
Okuwi733/
Ocuwe732/
Okouswei711/
Houkuiwe711/
Okouwa6767/
Akouwe6729/
Akuwei6729/
Okuibe6720/
Ekuwei6714/
Akuhwe6712/
Okuiwa6711/
Okowei6711/
Okowhe6710/
Ekeuwe677/
Akuwee676/
Okuwai675/
Ekuewe674/
Okowha674/
Gakuwe673/
Okowie673/
Okeuwa673/
Okujwa672/
Akkuwe672/
Okeube672/
Okauwa672/
Akuewe671/
Okiwei671/
Okuwii671/
Okubea671/
Okuewi671/
Okouve671/
Okouwi671/
Akoweh671/
Ekouwe671/
Okuuwa671/
Okuube671/
Akuwie671/
Okuhue671/
Okhube671/
Okuway671/
Ekuwue671/

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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 Okuweh
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis