Okwuagwu Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Okwuagwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 662 | 1:267,587 | 15,282 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwuagwu (28) may also be a first name.
Okwuagwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuagwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwuagwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuagwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 491,125th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,812,383 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuagwu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 662 people, or 1 in 267,587. In Nigeria Okwuagwu is most frequent in: Delta, where 41 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Okwuagwu occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwwuagwu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Okuagwu | 93 | 14 | / |
| Okwagwu | 93 | 5 | / |
| Ogwuagwu | 88 | 87 | / |
| Akwuagwu | 88 | 29 | / |
| Ekwuagwu | 88 | 4 | / |
| Okweagwu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ukwuagwu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Okwuakwu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Akuagwu | 80 | 49 | / |
| Oguagwu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Okwakwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekweagwu | 75 | 17 | / |
| Okwongwu | 75 | 15 | / |
| Agwuagwu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Okwuokwu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Egwuagwu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Akwuagbu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oscuagwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuakwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuagwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekweugwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okwuogbu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuangwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oscuagweu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwagwu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Agwagwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogwogwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uguagwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aguagwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eguagwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwagwu | 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 Okwuagwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis