Okwaa Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Okwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Okwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwaa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwaa reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Okwaa is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 85 percent live and Abia, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 21 percent live and Ghana, where 3 percent live.
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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 Okwaa
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