Okun

See also: okun, okuŋ, okuń, Okuń, ọkun, and окунь

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Okuń and Russian окунь (okunʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *okunь.

Proper noun

Okun (plural Okuns)

1. A surname from Polish.

Derived terms

• Okun gap
• Okun's law

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Okun is the 24370^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1028 individuals. Okun is most common among White (94.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Okun”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Yoruba

Etymology

From the greeting okun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.kũ̄/

Proper noun

Okun

1. An overarching term for a group of related Yoruba subethnic groups in Kogi State, consisting of the Ọ̀wọ́rọ́ọ̀, Ìyàgbà, Ìjùmú, Ìbùnú, Owé, and Gbẹdẹ.
2. A dialectal cluster of the dialects spoken by the Okun peoples