Okwy Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Okwy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwy (2,367) may also be a first name.
Okwy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwy is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Okwy live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 152,722nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 2,367 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Okwy is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 26 percent are found, Benue, where 12 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwey | 89 | 86 | / |
| Okway | 89 | 73 | / |
| Okwuy | 89 | 5 | / |
| Okwoy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okwiy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okwyi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oukwey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hokwey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwe | 75 | 6,393 | / |
| Okwi | 75 | 5,004 | / |
| Okwa | 75 | 2,740 | / |
| Ekwy | 75 | 5 | / |
| Akwy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oqwy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hookway | 73 | 1,755 | / |
| Hockway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oukwaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongkwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwii | 67 | 8,345 | / |
| Akway | 67 | 3,350 | / |
| Okwai | 67 | 940 | / |
| Okwei | 67 | 644 | / |
| Okwee | 67 | 581 | / |
| Ocwiy | 67 | 77 | / |
| Okwue | 67 | 74 | / |
| Ogway | 67 | 73 | / |
| Ekwey | 67 | 70 | / |
| Hokwe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Okwaa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ekway | 67 | 32 | / |
| Okwit | 67 | 24 | / |
| Akwey | 67 | 23 | / |
| Okwoi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Okwui | 67 | 19 | / |
| Okweh | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ukway | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ocwey | 67 | 9 | / |
| Oskwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okwis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okwes | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwje | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okgwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gokwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ohkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukwyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uokwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akkwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oykwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ookwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoockway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okwy
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