Okwam Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Okwam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okwam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Okwam (11) may also be a first name.

Okwam Last Name Facts

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

Okwam occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okwam is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Okwam occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwam live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwam is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Okwam is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria Okwam occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 15 percent live and Uganda, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwame912/
Ohkwame831/
Ekwam802,217/
Akwam80325/
Okwom806/
Ukwam802/
Ogwam801/
Ukwame7326/
Okwuom733/
Ohgwam732/
Okwome732/
Okwuome675/
Akwaime674/
Akwuame673/
Okweime671/
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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 Okwam
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