Omekwe Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Omekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 807 | 1:219,508 | 12,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omekwe (18) may also be a first name.
Omekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omekwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Omekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omekwe? popularity and diffusion
Omekwe is the 427,422nd most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,019,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omekwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omekwe is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 807 people, or 1 in 219,508. In Nigeria Omekwe is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 60 percent reside, Rivers, where 34 percent reside and Enugu, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Omekwe exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omoekwe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Omeakwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Omekw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Umekwe | 83 | 1,192 | / |
| Omokwe | 83 | 937 | / |
| Emekwe | 83 | 219 | / |
| Omegwe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Amekwe | 83 | 29 | / |
| Omakwe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Omekue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omekwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Emekwue | 77 | 263 | / |
| Omeigwe | 77 | 24 | / |
| Omoikwe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Amaekwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Amiekwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amekwue | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ameakwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Umekweu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Umehkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Umekweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omykw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emekwi | 67 | 1,779 | / |
| Amakwe | 67 | 915 | / |
| Amekwi | 67 | 658 | / |
| Amokwe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Omegbe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Amegwe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Omigwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Omogwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Omegwi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Umekwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Emakwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omegue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omegwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emekue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amikwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emegwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umekwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omagwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emikwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umegwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umekue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Homeqwest | 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 Omekwe
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