Okwene Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Okwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwene occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwene live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 76 percent reside, Kogi, where 10 percent reside and Zamfara, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwenne | 92 | 37 | / |
| Okwenje | 92 | 23 | / |
| Okwuene | 92 | 17 | / |
| Okhwene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwoene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okweneh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okweney | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hokwene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwen | 91 | 78 | / |
| Okweny | 83 | 1,093 | / |
| Ekwene | 83 | 288 | / |
| Okwena | 83 | 262 | / |
| Okweni | 83 | 208 | / |
| Ogwene | 83 | 79 | / |
| Okwane | 83 | 32 | / |
| Akwene | 83 | 15 | / |
| Okwein | 83 | 10 | / |
| Okwone | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ukwene | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okuene | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwenyi | 77 | 125 | / |
| Ekwenie | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ekwuene | 77 | 28 | / |
| Hokwane | 77 | 23 | / |
| Hokweni | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ogwuene | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ukwenge | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gakwene | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akwenje | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okgbene | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogwenge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ongwene | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okweuni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwonee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okkwena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwenei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwenet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ankwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwesen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwonne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwen | 73 | 1,027 | / |
| Okwin | 73 | 12 | / |
| Oqwen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ocwen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwuenyi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Oghwiene | 71 | 17 | / |
| Ohgwiene | 71 | 11 | / |
| Okouegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuenje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okweteng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukweni | 67 | 885 | / |
| Ekweny | 67 | 631 | / |
| Ogbene | 67 | 527 | / |
| Akweny | 67 | 452 | / |
| Ekweni | 67 | 106 | / |
| Ogweny | 67 | 93 | / |
| Ogwane | 67 | 77 | / |
| Akwena | 67 | 63 | / |
| Okwani | 67 | 63 | / |
| Akweni | 67 | 49 | / |
| Akwane | 67 | 44 | / |
| Egwene | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ogweni | 67 | 31 | / |
| Hakwen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekwane | 67 | 19 | / |
| Agwene | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ogwena | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oguene | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okwoni | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okwiny | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogwine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukweny | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akwine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukuene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwony | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwoin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okueni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akween | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oqwena | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okwene
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