Okwereke Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Okwereke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okwereke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwereke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwereke occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwereke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Okwereke occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwereke are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okwereke is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 89 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Okwereke exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Okwereke
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