Okwae Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Okwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwae is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 770,644th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. Okwae is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okwae are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Apart from Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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
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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 Okwae
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