Okwue Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Okwue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Okwue (10) may also be a first name.
Okwue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwue occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwue? popularity and diffusion
Okwue is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Okwue are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name globally It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Okwue is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 54 percent live, Benue, where 19 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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 Okwue
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