Okweri Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Okweri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okweri (26) may also be a first name.
Okweri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okweri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okweri occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okweri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,409,418th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. Okweri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okweri are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okweri is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 26 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria Okweri is most prevalent in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Enugu, where 12 percent reside and Benue, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Okweri is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwueri | 92 | 43 | / |
| Okwera | 83 | 16,697 | / |
| Okwori | 83 | 6,494 | / |
| Okwiri | 83 | 2,920 | / |
| Okwere | 83 | 594 | / |
| Ogweri | 83 | 202 | / |
| Okwari | 83 | 187 | / |
| Akweri | 83 | 79 | / |
| Ukweri | 83 | 75 | / |
| Ekweri | 83 | 45 | / |
| Okwery | 83 | 11 | / |
| Okueri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ocweri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwaroi | 77 | 105 | / |
| Okworie | 77 | 40 | / |
| Ekweiri | 77 | 16 | / |
| Okwered | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okweere | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okwerre | 77 | 6 | / |
| Onkwere | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okwuere | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akwerii | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okhwere | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekweyri | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okworri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweret | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwiera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuerie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekwere | 67 | 15,597 | / |
| Okware | 67 | 12,454 | / |
| Ogueri | 67 | 2,221 | / |
| Ogwari | 67 | 917 | / |
| Akwari | 67 | 902 | / |
| Akwiri | 67 | 441 | / |
| Ogwori | 67 | 389 | / |
| Akwera | 67 | 326 | / |
| Ogwere | 67 | 216 | / |
| Akwere | 67 | 104 | / |
| Ukwere | 67 | 87 | / |
| Ogberi | 67 | 70 | / |
| Okwira | 67 | 63 | / |
| Ukwera | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ogwiri | 67 | 24 | / |
| Okuere | 67 | 23 | / |
| Okwory | 67 | 20 | / |
| Okwore | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ogwera | 67 | 16 | / |
| Egweri | 67 | 13 | / |
| Agweri | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ekwari | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ekwiri | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akwori | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okwiry | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okuiri | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Acweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekueri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuery | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocwera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwèri | 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
- 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 Okweri
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