Okwon Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Okwon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
Okwon (17) may also be a first name.
Okwon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwon is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwon? popularity and diffusion
Okwon is the 1,391,595th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. Okwon occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwon reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Okwon is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 46 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent are found and Plateau, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwone | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okwuon | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okwoun | 91 | 1 | / |
| O'Kwon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwoin | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hokwon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwuone | 83 | 199 | / |
| Okwuong | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okwongh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwuonn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hoikwon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwoung | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwosen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwoyng | 83 | 1 | / |
| O'Kwong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwonne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwan | 80 | 1,040 | / |
| Okwun | 80 | 550 | / |
| Ogwon | 80 | 64 | / |
| Okuon | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ekwon | 80 | 6 | / |
| Akwon | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ukwon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoikwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwane | 73 | 32 | / |
| Okwune | 73 | 16 | / |
| Oghwon | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ekwoun | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okwomg | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okwaan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Oikwan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ogwoun | 73 | 4 | / |
| Onkwan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okwuom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ukwone | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okwand | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ohkwan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hokwan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ogwuon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Unkwon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okuone | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocwong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwong | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongwon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwuin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwunk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ockwun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gokwan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okkwang | 67 | 46 | / |
| Hokwane | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gokuhon | 67 | 21 | / |
| Okwunne | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okwotim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ongkwan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwoong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogkwang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okhhwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ackwone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heekwon | 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 Okwon
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