Okwuraiwe Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Okwuraiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Okwuraiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuraiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwuraiwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okwuraiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuraiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okwuraiwe is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Okwuraiwe reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okwuraiwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Okwuraiwe is mostly found in: Lagos, where 45 percent live and Delta, where 38 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
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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 Okwuraiwe
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