Okwier Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Okwier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Okwier (4) may also be a first name.

Okwier Last Name Facts

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

Okwier occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwier? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwier live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequently used first name globally, held by 4 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 97,546,262. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent reside and South Sudan, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwir9119,511/
Okwer911,836/
Okwere83594/
Okwiir8312/
Okwire832/
Akwier831/
Okwoir831/
Okweir831/
Okwear831/
Okweere7711/
Okwerre776/
Okwuere774/
Akwir731,835/
Ocwer73347/
Akwer7377/
Ekwer7352/
Ekwir7327/
Okwre7318/
Ogwer735/
Okuer734/
Ukwir734/
Ocwir732/
Ukwer731/
Ogwir731/
Ogwere67216/
Akwere67104/
Ukwere6787/
Okcuer6762/
Okuere6723/
Ogwire6714/
Akwire675/
Akwerh674/
Ozkuer673/
Akwair673/
Oquier671/
Askwir671/
Ukwuir671/
Ogbier671/
Ankwer671/
Ekwear671/
Hogwer671/

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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 Okwier
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis