Okwor Surname

45,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria10,9491:16,1791,566
Uganda2041:191,36915,594
United States551:6,590,162310,708
England401:1,392,95161,553
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Okwor (213) may also be a first name.

Okwor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okwor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okwor is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okwor is the 45,949th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 646,002 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwor reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 619,385th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 213 people.

The surname Okwor is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 10,949 people, or 1 in 16,179. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 59 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Okwor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Okwor last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwore9116/
Okwuor9111/
Onkwor918/
Okwoor912/
Okwoir911/
Okwuhor8326/
Ounkwor833/
Ogwor80325/
Okwar8096/
Akwor8069/
Ekwor8041/
Ukwor809/
Okwur805/
Okuor802/
Ocwor802/
Okware7312,454/
Okwart7351/
Okuhor7342/
Oghwor7338/
Akwuor739/
Okwure736/
Gokwar734/
Okuore733/
Akwore732/
Ogwhor731/
Ukwhor731/
Akgwor731/
Askwor731/
Hockworth7135/
Ouckworth711/
Okwaare6716/
Okwuahr672/
Akworth671/
Ogwuore671/
Hackwor671/

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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 Okwor
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