Okwelume Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Okwelume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwelume Demographics
Average Okwelume Salary in
South Africa
R 252,468
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Okwelume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwelume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwelume is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwelume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okwelume is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okwelume reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okwelume is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Okwelume is most frequent in: Benue, where 32 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Kaduna, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Okwelume Last Name Statistics demography
Okwelume earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.24% more than the national average, earning R 252,468 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
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- 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 Okwelume
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