How common is the surname Okoro?

1,317 people in the United States had the surname Okoro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,431 Americans. It ranked 20,227th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Okoro?

Marilyn Okoro, British athletics competitor, followed by Isaac Okoro.

Where is the surname Okoro most common?

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

Is the surname Okoro getting more or less common?

More common. 774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,317 in 2010, up 70%.

The surname Okoro

An Igbo surname, carried by 1,317 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Okoro is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Igbo origin

Borrowed from Igbo okóró (“male teenager”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,317 people named Okoro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,431 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 774.

#20,227

rank among US surnames

1,317

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+70.2%

change since 2000 (was #28,912)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,227	Falter	1,317	234,431
#20,232	Musil	1,316	234,609

Who is named Okoro

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Okoro identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Okoros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marilyn Okoro
British athletics competitor, born 1984
Isaac Okoro
American basketball player (born 2001)

Notable Okoros come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Okoro

Osorio

Okoro has the Soundex code O260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O260.

Questions

Where does the surname Okoro come from?: Borrowed from Igbo okóró (“male teenager”).
How common is the surname Okoro?: 1,317 people in the United States had the surname Okoro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,431 Americans. It ranked 20,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Okoro?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Okoro identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Okoro?: Marilyn Okoro, British athletics competitor, followed by Isaac Okoro.
Where is the surname Okoro most common?: Wikidata records people named Okoro in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Okoro getting more or less common?: More common. 774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,317 in 2010, up 70%.