Okwese Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1361:1,302,52051,596
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okweise923/
Okwuese922/
Okweshe921/
Okweseh921/
Okwes914/
Okwesa83486/
Okwose83477/
Akwese83211/
Okwesi83118/
Okwise8358/
Okweze8346/
Okweje8340/
Ekwese8332/
Okuese8323/
Okwege836/
Ukwese833/
Okwexe833/
Okwece831/
Okwesh831/
Okwueze77865/
Okwuise77168/
Okwoseh77105/
Okwoeze7750/
Okwuesa7726/
Okwuesi7721/
Okwaeze7714/
Ekwesse7712/
Okwesis775/
Okweshi774/
Akwesse773/
Akweseh773/
Okwesai771/
Ogweshe771/
Akweshe771/
Okweije771/
Akwaese771/
Akweise771/
Akwesea771/
Ekwuese771/
Ukwuese771/
Okwis735/
Akwes732/
Okues731/
Okwueshi7122/
Akweshie714/
Akweetse711/
Ekwesseh711/
Akwesseh711/
Akwesseu711/
Ankweise711/
Okwisa671,870/
Akwesi67865/
Ogbese67289/
Ekwesi67173/
Ekweze67108/
Ukwesa67104/
Ogweje6798/
Okweji6796/
Akweze6791/
Ukwesi6761/
Okwasi6760/
Ekwase6752/
Akwose6748/
Ogweze6733/
Okueze6731/
Okwisi6730/
Okwosi6726/
Okuesi6722/
Akwesa6713/
Ekuese6711/
Okuesa6710/
Akwase679/
Oguese677/
Ogwege674/
Okuege674/
Okwegi673/
Okuise673/
Ugwese672/
Akwehs672/
Okwezi672/
Ogwase672/
Akweje672/
Agwese672/
Okwech672/
Akwege671/
Ogwose671/
Ogwesi671/
Okwoce671/
Akuese671/
Akwise671/
Ogwesh671/
Ongwes671/
Ogwece671/
Okwace671/
Okwije671/

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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
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  • 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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