Okwute Surname

119,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okwute Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okwute Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,8271:46,2883,596
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okwute (217) may also be a first name.

Okwute Last Name Facts

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

Okwute is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okwute? popularity and diffusion

It is the 119,522nd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,895,331 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwute are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 612,983rd most frequent forename internationally, borne by 217 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,827 people, or 1 in 46,288. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 54 percent live, Benue, where 11 percent live and Delta, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwuteh92118/
Okwutes923/
Okwutie922/
Otkwute921/
Okwwute921/
Okwuute921/
Okwut911/
Okweuter864/
Okwuteph864/
Okwuetea862/
Akwute83194/
Ukwute83178/
Ekwute83109/
Okwuta8360/
Ogwute8321/
Okwout836/
Okwote833/
Okwuty831/
Akwuete7713/
Ankwute773/
Ogwuete772/
Ogwuthe771/
Ekwutei771/
Ukwutey771/
Okwot73145/
Oqwut734/
Ogwuchte711/
Ugwute67590/
Ukwuta67153/
Ogbute67123/
Okwota6756/
Ogwuta6749/
Okwiti6710/
Egwute675/
Oquite674/
Akwuta674/
Akwote672/
Agwute672/
Akwuti671/
Akwite671/
Ogwote671/
Okwott671/
Ongwut671/

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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 Okwute
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