Okwonu Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Okwonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Okwonu (30) may also be a first name.
Okwonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwonu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwonu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname Okwonu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwonu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwonu is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
Okwonu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Okwonu is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 24 percent live, Nasarawa, where 22 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuonu | 92 | 2,411 | / |
| Okwongu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwounu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwonnu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onkwuonu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okkwuonu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwonu | 83 | 239 | / |
| Ogwonu | 83 | 171 | / |
| Okuonu | 83 | 115 | / |
| Okwenu | 83 | 103 | / |
| Okwunu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ukwonu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Akwonu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Okwanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ackwonu | 77 | 431 | / |
| Okwuenu | 77 | 163 | / |
| Ekwuonu | 77 | 140 | / |
| Ogwuonu | 77 | 23 | / |
| Akwuonu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ukwuonu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okuonou | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okwunou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekwoonu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukwongu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwwanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwoenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwangu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ochkwunu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Oguonu | 67 | 185 | / |
| Akwanu | 67 | 82 | / |
| Ekwanu | 67 | 45 | / |
| Ogbonu | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akuonu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Ogwanu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Egwonu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ekwenu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ukuonu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ukwunu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Akwenu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ogwunu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ugwonu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agwonu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogwenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuonu | 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 Okwonu
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