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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omekwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 427,422nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,019,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omekwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omekwe is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 807 people, or 1 in 219,508. In Nigeria Omekwe is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 60 percent live, Rivers, where 34 percent live and Enugu, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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