Okwok Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Okwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwok is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwok? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,044,719th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okwok live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okwok is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria Okwok is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent reside, Cross River, where 17 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwoke | 91 | 31 | / |
| Okwuok | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwock | 91 | 1 | / |
| O'Kwok | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwuoke | 83 | 43 | / |
| Okwokhe | 83 | 13 | / |
| O'Kwock | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogwok | 80 | 3,335 | / |
| Ekwok | 80 | 1,387 | / |
| Akwok | 80 | 47 | / |
| Ukwok | 80 | 12 | / |
| Okwak | 80 | 7 | / |
| Okwog | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okuok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwuokhe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okwuke | 73 | 73 | / |
| Ogwoke | 73 | 51 | / |
| Ukwoke | 73 | 34 | / |
| Gokwak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Okwake | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akwock | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okwack | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okuoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akwoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ankwok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwuike | 67 | 217 | / |
| Ougwoke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ugkwoke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uokuoke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwacks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukwouke | 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 Okwok
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis