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 last name Okwokwo is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwokwo? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent live, Ebonyi, where 24 percent live and Delta, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

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
  • 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 Okwokwo
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