Okwedy Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Okwedy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Okwedy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwedy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwedy is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwedy? popularity and diffusion
Okwedy is the 2,776,799th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Okwedy reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 75 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Enugu, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okweda | 83 | 1,956 | / |
| Okwedi | 83 | 505 | / |
| Okwede | 83 | 138 | / |
| Okwuede | 77 | 36 | / |
| Okwoede | 77 | 35 | / |
| Okwedei | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okwedeh | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okweede | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okweada | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwaede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwhede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedei | 71 | 114 | / |
| Okwedhoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwueder | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwoedeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwede | 67 | 1,643 | / |
| Ukwede | 67 | 458 | / |
| Okwadi | 67 | 421 | / |
| Ekwedi | 67 | 150 | / |
| Ekwede | 67 | 136 | / |
| Ogweda | 67 | 106 | / |
| Ukweda | 67 | 102 | / |
| Okwode | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ogwede | 67 | 83 | / |
| Akweda | 67 | 37 | / |
| Okuede | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ocweda | 67 | 25 | / |
| Akwedi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwade | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okwodi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okuedi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okueda | 67 | 7 | / |
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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 Okwedy
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis