Okonkwo

Okonkwo audio^ⓘ is a Nigerian surname. It is a male name and of Igbo origin, which means "A boy born on Nkwo day".^[1] Nkwo day is "the last of the four Igbo market days". The diminutive form is Okoronkwo.

Notable people with the name include:

• Albert Okonkwo, Nigerian general
• Amy Okonkwo (born 1996), Nigerian basketball player
• Annie Okonkwo (born 1960), Nigerian politician
• Arthur Okonkwo (born 2001), English football player
• Charles Okonkwo (born 1965), Nigerian footballer
• Chibuzor Okonkwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Chig Okonkwo (born 1999), American football player
• Chiké Okonkwo (born 1982), British actor
• Christian Okonkwo, Nigerian footballer
• Christopher Okonkwo (born 1941), Nigerian athlete
• Daniel Okonkwo (born 1975), English basketball player
• Digger Okonkwo (born 1975), Nigerian Maltese footballer
• Joe Okonkwo, American writer
• Kennedy Okonkwo (born 1977), Nigerian businessman
• Kenneth Okonkwo (born 1968), Nigerian actor
• Nnamdi Okonkwo, Nigerian banker
• Og Okonkwo, Nigerian fashion designer
• Onyekachi Okonkwo (born 1982), Nigerian footballer
• Patrick Okonkwo (born 1998), Nigerian soccer player
• Rachael Okonkwo (born 1987), Nigerian actress

Fictional characters

• The protagonist of Things Fall Apart, a novel by Chinua Achebe

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