Okwelegbe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Okwelegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okwelegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwelegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwelegbe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwelegbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Okwelegbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Okwelegbe are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Okwelegbe is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 60 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okhwelegbe | 95 | 9 | / |
| Okuelegbe | 89 | 10 | / |
| Ogwelegbe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okueleigbe | 84 | 3 | / |
| Ohkuelegbe | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ohkueleigbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwelogbe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Oguelegbe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ukueleigbe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Akwaligbe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Agbelegbe | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Okwelegbe
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