Okw Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Okw Last Name Facts

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

Okw is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okw.

How Common Is The Last Name Okw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Okw live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Okw is most common in: Oyo, where 50 percent reside, Rivers, where 25 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 19 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwe866,393/
Ogkw862/
Otkw861/
Oskw861/
Ojkw861/
Okqw861/
Okwh861/
Okkw861/
Hokwe7537/
Ohkwe752/
Ogkwe752/
Uokwe751/
Hgokw751/
Hozkw751/
Ookwe751/
Ongkw751/
Oykwe751/
Okwhe751/
Ogw6737/
Akw6719/
Oqw6712/
Ekw678/
Ukw677/
Ocw675/
Okwowa672/
Houkwe672/
Okhhwe671/

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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 Okw
  • 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