Okwuise Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Okwuise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwuise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwuise is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuise? popularity and diffusion
Okwuise is the 1,333,288th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. Okwuise occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuise are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Edo, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Okwuise exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 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 Okwuise
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