Omokwe Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Omokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 921 | 1:192,337 | 11,640 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omokwe (38) may also be a first name.
Omokwe Demographics
Omokwe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Omokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omokwe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omokwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Omokwe is the 380,576th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. The last name Omokwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Omokwe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 38 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 921 people, or 1 in 192,337. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 23 percent live, Anambra, where 22 percent live and Imo, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Omokwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omoikwe | 92 | 10 | / |
| Omoekwe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Omoukwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Omounkwe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Omekwe | 83 | 808 | / |
| Amokwe | 83 | 91 | / |
| Umokwe | 83 | 69 | / |
| Omokwa | 83 | 22 | / |
| Omogwe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Omakwe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Omukwe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Omokue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Umoekwe | 77 | 17 | / |
| Omunkwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Umuokwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Omoigwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omoukwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omakwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homogwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omankwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omoigwei | 71 | 3 | / |
| Omunkwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Homongwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amakwe | 67 | 915 | / |
| Omogbe | 67 | 242 | / |
| Emekwe | 67 | 219 | / |
| Omogue | 67 | 65 | / |
| Omegwe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Omogwa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Amekwe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Amukwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Umakwe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Omakwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Omokui | 67 | 9 | / |
| Umukwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Emakwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omoque | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omugwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amokwuije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omogwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omekue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omagwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amokue | 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 Omokwe
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