Okwuma Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4681:378,51020,133
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okwuma (16) may also be a first name.

Okwuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okwuma is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 641,055th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuma live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwuma is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename on earth, borne by 16 people.

Okwuma is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria Okwuma is most common in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Edo, where 8 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Okwuma Last Name Statistics demography

Okwuma earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwumah9245/
Okwumma923/
Onkwuma921/
Okwouma921/
Ogwuma831,335/
Ukwuma83421/
Akwuma83257/
Okwume83192/
Okwoma83133/
Okwumo8362/
Ekwuma8347/
Okwumuo77131/
Ogwumah7711/
Ogwumma779/
Ukwouma778/
Ekwuema778/
Akwumah776/
Okwumyo775/
Okwumoh774/
Okwumeh773/
Ukwumma772/
Ukwumah771/
Okwummo771/
Okwomma771/
Okwumosowa751/
Okwummuo7117/
Ekwuemea711/
Okwuhmuo711/
Egwuma671,094/
Okwomi671,064/
Ogbuma67428/
Ukwoma67132/
Ogwume67113/
Agwuma6764/
Ugwuma6734/
Ukwume679/
Ogwoma677/
Ekwumo677/
Ukwumo676/
Ogwumi674/
Okwomo674/
Okwome672/
Akwima672/
Akwoma671/
Akwume671/
Eqwuma671/

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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 Okwuma
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis