Okwe Surname
Approximately 6,393 people bear this surname
Okwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,146 | 1:28,822 | 2,440 |
| Uganda | 198 | 1:197,168 | 15,905 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Okwe (825) may also be a first name.
Okwe Demographics
Average Okwe Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okwe is the 76,623rd most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,139,926 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 284,410th most common given name globally. It is borne by 825 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,146 people, or 1 in 28,822. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 32 percent live, Cross River, where 19 percent live and Ebonyi, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria Okwe occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Okwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Okwe last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Okwe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
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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 Okwe
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