Opoku Surname
Approximately 189,994 people bear this surname
Opoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 185,370 | 1:146 | 11 |
| United States | 1,444 | 1:251,010 | 23,852 |
| England | 1,373 | 1:40,581 | 5,218 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Canada | 279 | 1:132,063 | 13,716 |
| Spain | 169 | 1:276,639 | 17,132 |
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| Germany | 164 | 1:490,887 | 42,238 |
| Belgium | 100 | 1:114,966 | 17,029 |
| Netherlands | 99 | 1:170,578 | 24,763 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Ireland | 34 | 1:138,498 | 6,546 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
Opoku (16,620) may also be a first name.
Opoku Demographics
Average Opoku Salary in
United States
$46,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Opoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opoku (Russian: Опоку) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opoku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,958th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,357 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Opoku reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opoku is also the 43,222nd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 16,620 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 185,370 people, or 1 in 146. Apart from Ghana this last name exists in 68 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Opoku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Opoku are 41.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.97% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Opoku earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.36% less than the national average, earning 199,492 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.1% less than the national average, earning R 128,088 per year; in United States they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $46,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.01% less than the national average, earning $45,206 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Opoku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Opoku in the Russian language | ||
| Опоку | opoku | - |
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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 Opoku
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