Okwom Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Okwom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Okwom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwom is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Okwom is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwom reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Okwom is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Garissa County, where 33 percent live, Siaya County, where 33 percent live and Turkana County, where 33 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.
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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 Okwom
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