Okwuego Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Okwuego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwuego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1241:1,428,57155,237
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Okwuego (17) may also be a first name.

Okwuego Last Name Facts

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

Okwuego is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwuego? popularity and diffusion

Okwuego is the 1,527,735th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Okwuego is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Okwuego reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwuego is also the 2,694,839th most common first name at a global level It is held by 17 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 19 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Okwuego Last Name Statistics demography

Okwuego earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.88% more than the national average, earning $44,393 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwugo9244/
Okuego9223/
Ogwuego8611/
Ukwuego866/
Okouego861/
Ogwuegho8033/
Okwuigeo801/
Okwuegha801/
Oguego77160/
Okwuga7722/
Ekwego7710/
Okwogo779/
Ekwugo777/
Akwugo776/
Ogwugo775/
Akuego772/
Akwego772/
Okwago771/
Okuegha7167/
Okwugha719/
Ogwuega717/
Ekweugo715/
Okwegha715/
Akwegoh713/
Egwuego713/
Akwegho711/
Akwuugo711/
Eekwugo711/
Okwuiga711/
Oguaegou671/

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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 Okwuego
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