Okwokwo Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwokwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwokwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3071:577,01227,888
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okwokwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwokwo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwokwo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 870,423rd most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Okwokwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwokwo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okwokwo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Okwokwo is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 24 percent are found and Delta, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwookwo934/
Ekwokwo8611/
Okwukwo868/
Akwokwo864/
Okwokuo863/
Okwonqwo801/
Ogwogwo71235/
Okwukwa7119/
Okwakwa7111/
Ekwokuo716/
Okwegwo714/
Okwagwo713/
Ogwokwa711/
Ekwekwuo67230/
Okwankwa6733/
Okwunkwa677/
Akwonkwa674/
Akwukwuo671/
Okwoigbo671/
Okwuagwo671/

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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 Okwokwo
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