Okwer Surname
Approximately 1,836 people bear this surname
Okwer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwere | 91 | 594 | / |
| Okwier | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okweir | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwear | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okweere | 83 | 11 | / |
| Okwerre | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okwuere | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okhwere | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwir | 80 | 19,511 | / |
| Ocwer | 80 | 347 | / |
| Akwer | 80 | 77 | / |
| Ekwer | 80 | 52 | / |
| Okwre | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ogwer | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okuer | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ukwer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogwere | 73 | 216 | / |
| Akwere | 73 | 104 | / |
| Ukwere | 73 | 87 | / |
| Okcuer | 73 | 62 | / |
| Okuere | 73 | 23 | / |
| Akhwer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Akwerh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ozkuer | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okwire | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akwier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwear | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwoir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ankwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hogwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okouere | 67 | 2,141 | / |
| Ackwerh | 67 | 1,466 | / |
| Oghwere | 67 | 201 | / |
| Ogweere | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ogwerhe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ukwuere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwhere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akweire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akhweir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oskouer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gougwer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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