Okwadu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okwadu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwadu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Okwadu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okwadu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwadu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Okwadu is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Okwadu reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Okwadu is most frequent in: Abia, where 50 percent are found and Rivers, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 40 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwuadu922/
Okwodu83344/
Ekwadu8313/
Akwadu834/
Okwuodu7722/
Ogwuadu773/
Akwadou771/
Okwuidu771/
Ekwuadu771/
Ogbadu672,468/
Agwadu67785/
Egwadu67141/
Ugwadu67105/
Ekwedu6755/
Ecwadu6730/
Okuodu675/
Oguadu674/
Akwodu671/
Akwedu671/
Ekwodu671/
Akuadu671/

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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 Okwadu
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