Okweku Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Okweku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okweku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okweku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okweku is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okweku.
How Common Is The Last Name Okweku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okweku is the 2,136,387th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okweku are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okweku is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Okweku is most numerous in: Edo, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Okweku
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