Okwaba Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Okwaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwaba is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okwaba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwaba? popularity and diffusion
Okwaba is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Okwaba live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent reside and Benue, where 20 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuaba | 92 | 18 | / |
| Okwabi | 83 | 2,150 | / |
| Okweba | 83 | 184 | / |
| Akwaba | 83 | 172 | / |
| Ukwaba | 83 | 90 | / |
| Okwawa | 83 | 17 | / |
| Okwabo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ogwaba | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwoba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwabe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwaba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuaba | 77 | 913 | / |
| Akwaboa | 77 | 449 | / |
| Akhwaba | 77 | 64 | / |
| Okwuabi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ogwuaba | 77 | 7 | / |
| Okwuoba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okwuiba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwuaba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okwampa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akwauba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okuahba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwuaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwabah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwabah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwabai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukweaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ugkwaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukwaaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwabge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwampah | 71 | 831 | / |
| Ukwuaaba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hankwaba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akwabi | 67 | 784 | / |
| Egwaba | 67 | 544 | / |
| Ekwoba | 67 | 137 | / |
| Akwabo | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ogbaba | 67 | 70 | / |
| Akwoba | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ugwaba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Akwawa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ogweba | 67 | 24 | / |
| Okwobo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Oguaba | 67 | 17 | / |
| Okwobi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ogwoba | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwawo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okuabo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okwobe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okuoba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agwaba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Akuaba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekweba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukuaba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekwabo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwava | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akweba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukwabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwaby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haankwaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Okwaba
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