Okwa Surname
Approximately 2,740 people bear this surname
Okwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,315 | 1:76,520 | 5,477 |
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Uganda | 98 | 1:398,360 | 24,962 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Okwa (1,071) may also be a first name.
Okwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okwa is the 159,263rd most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,659,688 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwa live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 244,349th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 1,071 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,315 people, or 1 in 76,520. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 25 percent are found, Rivers, where 15 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Okwa
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