Okwuazu Surname

448,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 760 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwuazu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okwuazu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7541:234,93713,691
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Okwuazu (35) may also be a first name.

Okwuazu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okwuazu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwuazu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 448,102nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuazu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.

The surname Okwuazu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 754 people, or 1 in 234,937. In Nigeria Okwuazu is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Edo, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwuazuu931/
Okuazu92145/
Okwazu9273/
Ekwuazu86116/
Ukwuazu8611/
Okwuozu861/
Okwauzu861/
Ekwuazau801/
Ogwazu7780/
Oguazu7736/
Ukwazu772/
Ekwazu771/
Akwazu771/
Ekwuasu7110/
Okwuoju719/
Ogwuaju713/
Ekweazu713/
Agwuazu712/
Ogwazgu711/
Ukwuasu711/
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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 Okwuazu
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