# Okoro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/okoro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Igbo.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Igbo |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,317 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,227 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 234,431 people |
| Change since 2000 | +70% (774 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Igbo okóró (“male teenager”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Okoro in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Okoro in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Okoro

- Marilyn Okoro, British athletics competitor
- Isaac Okoro, American basketball player (born 2001)

## Similar surnames

Osorio, Oshiro, O'Gara, Oscar, Ocker, Oser, Osoria, Osier, Ozer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.