Okwese Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Okwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwese Demographics
Average Okwese Salary in
England
£19,250
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Okwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwese is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okwese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Okwese are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okwese is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Okwese is most numerous in: Delta, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 27 percent live and Osun, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Okwese
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