Okwoche Surname

252,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwoche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwoche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5541:113,9917,567
England121:4,643,172139,951
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Okwoche (182) may also be a first name.

Okwoche Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwoche occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okwoche.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwoche? popularity and diffusion

It is the 252,019th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,638,794 people. Okwoche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwoche are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 675,152nd most frequently used given name globally, borne by 182 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,554 people, or 1 in 113,991. In Nigeria Okwoche is mostly found in: Cross River, where 42 percent live, Benue, where 31 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwuoche931/
Okwochee931/
Okwoiche931/
Okwooche931/
Okwoce921/
Okwoch921/
Okweche86211/
Okwache86107/
Okwochi8673/
Okwuche8635/
Okwocha8632/
Ukwoche8625/
Ogwoche8621/
Okwokhe8613/
Akwoche862/
Okuoche861/
Ekwuoche8014/
Ogwuoche8010/
Okwuache806/
Okwuchie805/
Ukwochie804/
Okwuokhe802/
Okwuocha801/
Okwoochi801/
Ukwuoche801/
Okwach772,309/
Akwoch773/
Okwoje772/
Okuoch771/
Akwoce771/
Okwace771/
Ogwuche7122,102/
Okwuchi713,185/
Ogboche71409/
Ekwochi71335/
Okwachi71220/
Okwuoge7160/
Ogweche7140/
Ukwuche7130/
Okwechi7130/
Okwatch7121/
Ogwochi7120/
Akwuche7116/
Okwacha7111/
Ukwocha719/
Akwocha718/
Ogwache716/
Okwucha715/
Okuache714/
Akwache713/
Akwochi711/
Ukuoche711/
Ukwache711/
Okwechy711/
Ogwueche67164/
Akwuchie6767/
Oigboche6736/
Okwokhai6719/
Okwuachi6712/
Ogwuuche6710/
Ogwuiche674/
Ogwuchie674/
Okwuechi674/
Ogwauche673/
Oghwuche673/
Ogwucher672/
Ekwuochi671/
Ogwuchei671/
Ugwuoche671/
Okkwuchi671/
Ogwucheu671/
Ukwuocha671/
Okuechie671/
Okwac671/
Akwoc671/
Ohgwuche671/

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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 Okwoche
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