Okwuka Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Okwuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 273 | 1:648,875 | 30,450 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Okwuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwuka is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okwuka is the 921,780th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname Okwuka is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Okwuka reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 22 percent are found and Enugu, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onkwuka | 92 | 3 | / |
| Oukwuka | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okwueka | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ohukwuka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuka | 83 | 141 | / |
| Okwoka | 83 | 117 | / |
| Okwuke | 83 | 73 | / |
| Akwuka | 83 | 16 | / |
| Okwika | 83 | 16 | / |
| Ekwuka | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ukwuka | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwuko | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwieka | 77 | 865 | / |
| Okwuike | 77 | 217 | / |
| Okwicka | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okwukei | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okwokah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwukie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwokhai | 71 | 19 | / |
| Okwhokah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuka | 67 | 316 | / |
| Okwoko | 67 | 77 | / |
| Egwuka | 67 | 53 | / |
| Okwoke | 67 | 31 | / |
| Akwuki | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ogwuke | 67 | 13 | / |
| Agwuka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okwoki | 67 | 5 | / |
| Akwuko | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eqwuka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwuke | 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 Okwuka
- 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