Okwodu Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
Okwodu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 336 | 1:527,211 | 25,962 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
Okwodu (16) may also be a first name.
Okwodu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwodu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwodu is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwodu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 811,192nd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okwodu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwodu is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 527,211. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 40 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Okwodu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Okwodu
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