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 Male Opoku Height
173.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opoku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,958th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 38,357 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Opoku reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 43,222nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 16,620 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 185,370 people, or 1 in 146. Barring Ghana this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Opoku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Opoku last name are 41.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.97% being registered with 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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