Okwoju Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Okwoju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwoju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwoju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwoju is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwoju? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Okwoju occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Okwoju live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Osun, where 23 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuoju | 92 | 9 | / |
| Okwju | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okwaju | 83 | 18 | / |
| Okwosu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwaou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okweju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwohu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwuozu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okuodju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuohu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okuou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwazu | 67 | 73 | / |
| Akwaju | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ogboju | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ekweju | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oguoju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ukweju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okueju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwasu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwaou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwuju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwozu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuju | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okwoju
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