Okwer Surname

222,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Okwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
Uganda581:673,09134,310
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Okwer (37) may also be a first name.

Okwer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okwer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okwer is found most in Ethiopia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwer? popularity and diffusion

Okwer is the 222,049th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,969,252 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwer live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 37 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Apart from Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and South Sudan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwere91594/
Okwier913/
Okweir911/
Okwear911/
Okweere8311/
Okwerre836/
Okwuere834/
Okhwere833/
Okwir8019,511/
Ocwer80347/
Akwer8077/
Ekwer8052/
Okwre8018/
Ogwer805/
Okuer804/
Ukwer801/
Ogwere73216/
Akwere73104/
Ukwere7387/
Okcuer7362/
Okuere7323/
Akhwer736/
Akwerh734/
Ozkuer733/
Okwire732/
Akwier731/
Ekwear731/
Okwoir731/
Ankwer731/
Hogwer731/
Okouere672,141/
Ackwerh671,466/
Oghwere67201/
Ogweere6710/
Ogwerhe674/
Ukwuere671/
Ogwhere671/
Akweire671/
Akhweir671/
Oskouer671/
Gougwer670/

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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 Okwer
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