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 last name Okwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okwa is the 159,263rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,659,688 people. The surname Okwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwa are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwa is also the 244,349th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,071 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,315 people, or 1 in 76,520. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 25 percent reside, Rivers, where 15 percent reside and Benue, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
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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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