Okwuokenye Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Okwuokenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 713 | 1:248,447 | 14,384 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwuokenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuokenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwuokenye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okwuokenye.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuokenye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 465,182nd most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. Okwuokenye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuokenye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 713 people, or 1 in 248,447. In Nigeria Okwuokenye is most numerous in: Delta, where 69 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Edo, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwukenye | 95 | 11 | / |
| Okwokenye | 95 | 7 | / |
| Okwuokene | 95 | 5 | / |
| Okowuokenye | 95 | 3 | / |
| Okwuokeneye | 95 | 2 | / |
| Okewuokenye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okuokenye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okwuuokenye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okuwokenye | 90 | 5 | / |
| Okwuokenyi | 90 | 3 | / |
| Okwuokeyen | 90 | 2 | / |
| Okwuokenue | 90 | 2 | / |
| Okwookenye | 90 | 1 | / |
| Okwoukenye | 90 | 1 | / |
| Okwokene | 89 | 2 | / |
| Okwoknye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okowoukenye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okuokeyen | 84 | 13 | / |
| Okogwuonye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okuwokenhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okockene | 78 | 2 | / |
| Okwekene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Okokhene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ikwuekene | 74 | 9 | / |
| Okockiene | 74 | 3 | / |
| Ikwugonye | 74 | 3 | / |
| Akwo Kene | 74 | 1 | / |
| Okukenu | 71 | 155 | / |
| Okukeni | 71 | 7 | / |
| Okukena | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okukeno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okukein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okokenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwukaonye | 70 | 3 | / |
| Okoya Kene | 70 | 1 | / |
| Okokewoyen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Okokn | 67 | 33 | / |
| Okekanye | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okukunya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okekenyi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ugwuoken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okoghene | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwokena | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ookukenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikwekene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okouokni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwokwon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuokoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwekene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwokunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okouegne | 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 Okwuokenye
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