Okwe Surname

76,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,1461:28,8222,440
Uganda1981:197,16815,905
Kenya241:1,924,16236,129
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Okwe (825) may also be a first name.

Okwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 76,623rd most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,139,926 people. The last name Okwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 284,410th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 825 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6,146 people, or 1 in 28,822. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 32 percent reside, Cross River, where 19 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Okwe occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Okwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Okwe surname is predominantly 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwei89644/
Okwee89581/
Okwey8986/
Okwue8974/
Hokwe8937/
Okweh8917/
Oskwe899/
Okwes894/
Okwie894/
Okwje894/
Ohkwe892/
Ogkwe892/
Okwea892/
Okwhe891/
Uokwe891/
Oekwe891/
Oykwe891/
Okwed891/
Ookwe891/
Okweu891/
Ozkwe891/
Okw8616/
Okweha80246/
Okwehe804/
Ounkwe803/
Houkwe802/
Onkwue802/
Okwech802/
Osckwe801/
Oshkwe801/
Hokwey801/
Okwuee801/
Okwuhe801/
Oukwey801/
Okhhwe801/
Okwesh801/
Okwije801/
Ekwe7512,301/
Okwi755,004/
Akwe754,115/
Okwa752,740/
Ogwe751,770/
Ukwe75756/
Okue7582/
Ocwe7570/
Okwy7561/
Ogkw752/
Okkw751/
Okwh751/
Okqw751/
Ojkw751/
Okwuije7346/
Ohiekwe734/
Okwueha731/
Okweije731/
Ongkwey731/
Ookweha731/
Okwii678,345/
Akwei673,964/
Ocwee671,201/
Okwai67940/
Ekwee67866/
Akwue67616/
Akwee67394/
Oghwe67373/
Ocwer67347/
Hukwe67233/
Ekweh67184/
Ogweh67156/
Ekwue67155/
Ekweu67153/
Ukweh67104/
Akweh6795/
Hogwe6780/
Hekwe6774/
Okway6773/
Ekwey6770/
Ogwee6760/
Ocwei6745/
Ekwei6742/
Ogwhe6738/
Okwaa6734/
Ekwea6728/
Okwit6724/
Akwey6723/
Ogwei6721/
Okwoi6720/
Okwui6719/
Ogwet6718/
Ukwei6715/
Hokue6713/
Hakwe6710/
Aukwe6710/
Ocwey679/
Eekwe677/
Okwis675/
Unkwe675/
Okwuy675/
Ogwer675/
Akwie674/
Aekwe674/
Okuer674/
Akwed674/
Okgwa673/
Okuhe673/
Udkwe673/
Ugkwe673/
Ojgwe673/
Ukwea673/
Akwea672/
Ukwee672/
Oigwe672/
Ogwue672/
Gokwi672/
Ahkwe672/
Okuea671/
Hokwa671/
Hoqwe671/
Egkwe671/
Uikwe671/
Okuee671/
Agkwe671/
Ogkwa671/
Ukwer671/
Ogwie671/
Ogwje671/
Ekwie671/
Hokwi671/
Ougwe671/
Ogwea671/
Okwyi671/
Okwiy671/
Okues671/
Ackwe671/
Okwoy671/
Ohgwe671/
Ogwed671/
Ogwej671/
Ekgwe671/
Uogwe671/

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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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