Okweye Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okweye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okweye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6291:281,62615,903
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okweye (25) may also be a first name.

Okweye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okweye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okweye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okweye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okweye is the 513,430th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. Okweye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okweye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common given name worldwide, borne by 25 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 629 people, or 1 in 281,626. In Nigeria Okweye is mostly found in: Delta, where 63 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Okweyije8616/
Okweya83161/
Okweje8340/
Okweyi8331/
Ekweye8320/
Ogweye8317/
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Okwaye834/
Okwuye833/
Okwuee831/
Okueye831/
Oukwey831/
Hokwey831/
Akweye831/
Okwejie77418/
Okweiyi771/
Ogweuye771/
Okwieje771/
Okweije771/
Ongkwey771/
Ongweye771/
Okwei73644/
Okway7373/
Ekwey7370/
Akwey7323/
Ocwey739/
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Okwea732/
Ukwee732/
Okweu731/
Ogwye731/
Okwoy731/
Ounkwaye711/
Okwoyo67823/
Okwayo67818/
Ogweyo67666/
Ogueye67582/
Ogbeye67400/
Akweyo67270/
Okweha67246/
Akweyu67227/
Okwaje67182/
Agweye67143/
Okwowe67134/
Ekwuye67106/
Ogweje6798/
Okweji6796/
Akweyi6770/
Okuoye6770/
Okwuje6768/
Ekweya6768/
Akweya6767/
Okwiya6757/
Okwayi6747/
Ogwuye6743/
Ekweje6734/
Ukweya6728/
Ukwuye6726/
Ekwaye6725/
Akwaye6725/
Ugweye6722/
Egweye6718/
Ekweyi6710/
Eckwey678/
Okuaye676/
Okwaya676/
Okwiei675/
Ocweyi675/
Ogwaye675/
Ogwoye674/
Ongwey674/
Okwaiy674/
Okwejo674/
Ogwiye674/
Akwaee673/
Okueiy673/
Ukweje672/
Okwoje672/
Ogweya672/
Akweje672/
Okwuyi671/
Okouey671/
Okwuyo671/
Okwuejieh671/
Occwee671/
Ocweyo671/
Akwiye671/
Ukwiye671/
Ogweyi671/
Okueyo671/
Okueya671/
Okwuya671/
Ukweyi671/
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
  • 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 Okweye
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