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
Okweri has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okweri? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,409,418th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okweri live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname Okweri is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria Okweri is most common in: Delta, where 66 percent live, Enugu, where 12 percent live and Benue, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria Okweri exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis