Oko is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Oko
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Oko

How popular is Oko?

Oko is common in Nigeria.

Oko is ranked 8523 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Okos grew by 42.30769 per cent to 296 since 2000 and ranked 66754 after elevating 17211 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.19 76.92
Black 29.73 16.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.36 5.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 0
Others 1.69 0
Oko is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Congo is ahead in terms of density. Around 63368 people have been found who wears Oko as their family name. Oko is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
46,707 New Zealand5
2,604 Benin5
11,480 Japan4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
125 Equatorial Guinea4
90,215 Germany3
394 The Gambia3
41,879 Turkey2
23,344 Austria2
54,641 Sweden2
20,595 China2
931 Sierra Leone2
10,284 Kuwait2
19,093 Finland2
26,123 Malaysia2
11,736 Lithuania2
36,814 Romania1
12,741 Ecuador1
746 Dominica1
153,416 Italy1
1,253 Burundi1
897,276 Russia1
717 Bhutan1
123,175 Tanzania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
47,891 Norway1
38,830 Morocco1
16,640 Hong Kong1
56,169 Mexico1
25,721 Egypt1
29,774 Venezuela1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
69,202 Netherlands18
14,048 Ireland16
2,892 Iceland13
109,551 Australia13
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
11,321 Israel94
92,589 Brazil79
36,203 Spain63
Countries with hundreds of Oko:
3,900 Cameroon892
615 Mongolia808
21,016 Indonesia539
71,814 United States341
37,175 France269
21,711 England237
104 Tonga136
26,800 Canada128
Countries with thousands of Oko:
43 Congo6,633
1,395 Ghana2,476
707 Togo1,600
3,986 Poland1,480
1,856 Ivory Coast1,315
Countries with ten thousands of Oko:
566 Nigeria46,003
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Comments

G
Gwyneth Gause
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the old oko root meaning: the cluster; and by extension the vineyard this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Oko Namesakes

  • Eme Okoro, Politician
  • Ude Oko Chukwu, Accountant
  • Onyekachi Okonkwo, Soccer player
  • Chima Okorie, Soccer player
  • Linda Abla Okon, Actress
  • Adaeze Okonkwo, Charles Okonkwo's sister
  • Ifeoma Okoye, Novelist
  • Ifeoma Okoye, Novelist
  • Sophie Okonedo, Actress
  • Lawrence Okoye, Track and field athlete

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