Omakwu Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Omakwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 491 | 1:360,780 | 19,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Omakwu (110) may also be a first name.
Omakwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omakwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omakwu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Omakwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omakwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,057th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Omakwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most common first name throughout the world, held by 110 people.
The surname Omakwu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 491 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 56 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent live and Kogi, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaikwu | 92 | 57 | / |
| Omeakwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gomakwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omagwu | 83 | 271 | / |
| Emakwu | 83 | 217 | / |
| Omekwu | 83 | 154 | / |
| Omokwu | 83 | 63 | / |
| Amakwu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Umakwu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Emaikwu | 77 | 1,976 | / |
| Amaukwu | 77 | 258 | / |
| Amaikwu | 77 | 100 | / |
| Amankwu | 77 | 53 | / |
| Omeagwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amaekwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amackwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omoekwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Amatkwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omeukwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omaegwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omuikwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Humakwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osmagwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emmaikwu | 71 | 67 | / |
| Amachkwu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Amaikkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amaizkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amagwu | 67 | 169 | / |
| Amokwu | 67 | 161 | / |
| Omogwu | 67 | 121 | / |
| Omegwu | 67 | 97 | / |
| Umagwu | 67 | 81 | / |
| Omagbu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Emekwu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Emagwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Omakwu
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