Okwumo Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okwumo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okwumo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwumo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okwumo is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Okwumo reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Okwumo is mostly found in: Lagos, where 59 percent reside, Oyo, where 20 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Okwumo Last Name Statistics demography

Okwumo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwumuo92131/
Okwumoh924/
Okwummo921/
Okwummuo8617/
Okwuhmuo861/
Okwuma83474/
Ekwumo837/
Ukwumo836/
Okwomo834/
Okwumah7745/
Ekwuimo776/
Okwumma773/
Akwummo772/
Okwouma771/
Onkwuma771/
Okwumosowa751/
Ogwuma671,335/
Ukwuma67421/
Akwuma67257/
Okwoma67133/
Ekwuma6747/
Ogbumo6711/
Ekwimo672/
Ukwomo671/
Ogwomo671/
Egwumo671/

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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
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  • 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 Okwumo
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