Okwor Surname
Approximately 11,281 people bear this surname
Okwor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,949 | 1:16,179 | 1,566 |
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Okwor (213) may also be a first name.
Okwor Demographics
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Okwor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwor occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,949th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 646,002 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwor reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwor is also the 619,385th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 213 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,949 people, or 1 in 16,179. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 59 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Okwor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okwor last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okwor earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.15% less than the national average, earning $41,788 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwore | 91 | 16 | / |
| Okwuor | 91 | 11 | / |
| Onkwor | 91 | 8 | / |
| Okwoor | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okwoir | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okwuhor | 83 | 26 | / |
| Ounkwor | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ogwor | 80 | 325 | / |
| Okwar | 80 | 96 | / |
| Akwor | 80 | 69 | / |
| Ekwor | 80 | 41 | / |
| Ukwor | 80 | 9 | / |
| Okwur | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okuor | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ocwor | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okware | 73 | 12,454 | / |
| Okwart | 73 | 51 | / |
| Okuhor | 73 | 42 | / |
| Oghwor | 73 | 38 | / |
| Akwuor | 73 | 9 | / |
| Okwure | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gokwar | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okuore | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akwore | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ogwhor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukwhor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akgwor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Askwor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hockworth | 71 | 35 | / |
| Ouckworth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwaare | 67 | 16 | / |
| Okwuahr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akworth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hackwor | 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 Okwor
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