Okwuosa Surname

92,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwuosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwuosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,8951:36,1892,927
England1101:506,52832,143
United States881:4,118,852221,730
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Okwuosa (38) may also be a first name.

Okwuosa Last Name Facts

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

Okwuosa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwuosa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 92,876th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,416,983 people. The last name Okwuosa is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okwuosa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwuosa is also the 1,662,754th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 38 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,895 people, or 1 in 36,189. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Anambra, where 28 percent are found, Imo, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Okwuosa exists in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Okwuosa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Okwuosa are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Okwuosa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.04% more than the national average, earning R 432,600 per year and in United States they earn 15.54% more than the national average, earning $49,853 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwuosah93183/
Okwuosha93160/
Okwosa9229/
Okuosa928/
Okwuose86619/
Okwosha86140/
Okwosah8631/
Ukwuosa8624/
Okwuoza8616/
Okwuoso866/
Okwousa865/
Okwuasa863/
Okuosha861/
Okwoosa861/
Akwuosa861/
Okwuoseh8054/
Ukwuosah8026/
Okwoshah805/
Okwuasha804/
Okwvosah801/
Okwuoshe801/
Okwuocha801/
Okwose77477/
Ukwosa7727/
Okwosi7726/
Okuose7722/
Ogwosa7712/
Okwoja7710/
Okuosi772/
Okwasa772/
Ekwosa771/
Okuoso771/
Akwosa771/
Okkwuosee751/
Ukwosah71164/
Okwoseh71105/
Okwoshi7153/
Okwuazo7146/
Okwuazi7145/
Okwuaja714/
Okwouse713/
Okwuaze713/
Okwuasi712/
Okwuojo711/
Okwoose711/
Ukwuoza711/
Ukwosha711/
Ogwosha711/
Okwasga711/
Okwasia711/
Okwuaza711/
Okwuashi67102/
Okwuachi6712/
Ugwuosai6711/
Oguosaat671/
Okwuoche671/
Ukwuocha671/
Ukwosauh671/
Okwoxhah671/

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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 Okwuosa
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