Okwowe Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Okwowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwowe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwowe? popularity and diffusion
Okwowe is the 1,544,715th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwowe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okwowe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 88 percent are found, Edo, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuwe | 83 | 432 | / |
| Okwoye | 83 | 7 | / |
| Okwobe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Akwowe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwoje | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwuiwe | 77 | 44 | / |
| Akwowei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ukwowhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwojie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwei | 73 | 644 | / |
| Okwey | 73 | 86 | / |
| Okwoi | 73 | 20 | / |
| Akwoe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Okwea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akwow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwoyo | 67 | 823 | / |
| Okwayo | 67 | 818 | / |
| Okweye | 67 | 636 | / |
| Okweha | 67 | 246 | / |
| Okwaje | 67 | 182 | / |
| Okweya | 67 | 161 | / |
| Okwuwa | 67 | 127 | / |
| Okweji | 67 | 96 | / |
| Okuoye | 67 | 70 | / |
| Okwuje | 67 | 68 | / |
| Okwoji | 67 | 49 | / |
| Okweje | 67 | 40 | / |
| Okwajo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ogwoje | 67 | 35 | / |
| Akwawe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Okweyi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ekwewe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Okwawa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Okwobi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ogbowe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okwujo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okwoja | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okuobe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okweyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okwout | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ukwawe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okwiei | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekwawe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okwejo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwaye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogwoye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwuwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwuye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okuowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akuowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oukwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwoje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwoii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okouey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwije | 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
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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 Okwowe
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