Okwesili Surname
Approximately 754 people bear this surname
Okwesili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 718 | 1:246,717 | 14,287 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Okwesili (10) may also be a first name.
Okwesili Demographics
Average Okwesili Salary in
United States
$54,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okwesili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwesili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwesili occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwesili? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 450,743rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,665,180 people. Okwesili is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Okwesili reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwesili is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 10 people.
The last name Okwesili is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 246,717. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 63 percent reside, Adamawa, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Okwesili Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okwesili surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Okwesili earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.27% more than the national average, earning $54,485 USD per year.
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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 Okwesili
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