Okwah Surname

735,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3841:461,30923,423
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Okwah (22) may also be a first name.

Okwah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 735,823rd most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okwah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.

The surname Okwah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 461,309. In Nigeria Okwah is most numerous in: Delta, where 42 percent reside, Abia, where 15 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwaha911/
Okwaah911/
Okgwah911/
Okwa892,740/
Okwuaha831/
Okwai80940/
Akwah80724/
Ogwah80170/
Okuah80162/
Okwoh80101/
Okway8073/
Okwua8072/
Okwaa8034/
Ekwah8015/
Okwat8013/
Okwho8011/
Okwau808/
Okgwa803/
Okwea802/
Ogkwa801/
Hokwa801/
Oskwa801/
Akwaah73559/
Akwaha73159/
Akwuah7328/
Ogwuah7317/
Ookwai736/
Honkwa734/
Okwuha734/
Akwaih734/
Okwuas732/
Okwosh731/
Akwaph731/
Ocwach731/
Oskwua731/
Okwoch731/
Ekwaha731/
Okwuad731/
Akwa679,835/
Okwo674,017/
Ogwa673,163/
Ekwa672,735/
Hookway671,755/
Okua671,432/
Ocwa67586/
Oqwa6712/
Okwuhoa672/
Hockway672/
Okwuosh671/
Akwuaha671/
Okwueha671/
Hookwat671/
Ounkwai671/
Okwosch671/
Ahakwah671/
Ankwaah671/

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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 Okwah
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis