Okwo Surname

115,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,017 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,9021:45,3983,539
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England41:13,929,515290,718
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
France11:66,422,722504,397
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Okwo (1,092) may also be a first name.

Okwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 115,019th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,814,176 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwo is also the 241,504th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,092 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,902 people, or 1 in 45,398. In Nigeria Okwo is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 24 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 16 percent reside and Benue, where 16 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Okwo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Okwo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Okwo earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 161.04% more than the national average, earning $112,636 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwoh89101/
Hokwo8936/
Okwuo8923/
Okwoi8920/
Okwho8911/
Okwoo895/
Okkwo893/
Okwod891/
Okgwo891/
Ookwo891/
Oukwo891/
Okwop891/
Okwou891/
Okwoy891/
Okwout806/
Oukwuo801/
Okwood801/
Okwott801/
Onkwuo801/
Okwoch801/
Okwosh801/
Oonkwo801/
Ogwo756,457/
Akwo755,279/
Ekwo754,073/
Okwa752,740/
Okuo751,307/
Ukwo75716/
Ocwo7512/
Oqwo751/
Ockwood7350/
Okwuhoa732/
Ounnkwo731/
Okwosch731/
Okwuosh731/
Okwah67393/
Hokuo67375/
Okwua6772/
Ekwoh6756/
Ekwuo6755/
Ogwoh6754/
Akwuo6751/
Ukwoh6740/
Okwaa6734/
Akwoo6716/
Ogwoo6716/
Ogwuo6715/
Okwat6713/
Ukwuo6713/
Akwoh6711/
Ogwho6711/
Okuoz679/
Okwau678/
Ekwou678/
Akwod677/
Aukwo675/
Okhwa675/
Ekwoi675/
Okgwa673/
Okgbo673/
Akwoa673/
Akwoi672/
Hockwood672/
Akwou672/
Ekwoy672/
Ongwo672/
Ogwoi672/
Ahkwo672/
Okuoh672/
Okweu671/
Oygwo671/
Hokwa671/
Ocwho671/
Ocwoh671/
Ocwot671/
Oghwo671/
Okuot671/
Oigwo671/
Akwos671/
Akwot671/
Aekwo671/
Ocwoa671/
Ugkwo671/
Ukwos671/
Ukgwo671/
Uikwo671/
Unkwo671/
Ogkwa671/
Oskwa671/
Ukwoo671/
Hookwood670/

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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 Okwo
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