Okuwoga Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okuwoga Surname User-submission:

Okuwoga means 'royal root'. It comes from the words: oku, which in the Ljebu dialect means 'rope'; wo, which means 'enter' and iga, which means 'royal palace'.

Okuwoga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1751:1,012,24442,687
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Okuwoga Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Okuwoga means 'royal root'. It comes from the words: oku, which in the Ljebu dialect means 'rope'; wo, which means 'enter' and iga, which means 'royal palace'.

- omoalare

The Okuwoga surname comes from the words oku (rope), wo (enters), and iga (palace) in Ijebu dialect of Yoruba. The surname means 'royal root'.

- 2raps4real
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Okuwoga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okuwoga is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okuwoga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okuwoga is the 1,231,034th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Okuwoga is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Okuwoga live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 46 percent live, Lagos, where 42 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okuwaga863/
Akuwoga861/
Okoubouga752/
Okuwugo711/
Okuvuga711/
Akuiwungai591/
Akubuga571/
Okubugo571/
Akubogo571/
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