Okwuwa Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Okwuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Okwuwa (36) may also be a first name.
Okwuwa Demographics
Average Okwuwa Salary in
United States
$30,594 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okwuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okwuwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okwuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Okwuwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Okwuwa are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwuwa is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 36 people.
The surname Okwuwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Okwuwa is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 31 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Abia, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Okwuwa Last Name Statistics demography
Okwuwa earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 USD per year.
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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 Okwuwa
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