Across the world, Окума (小熊 
, Okuma 
, 大熊 ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Окума is habitual in Georgia, where it is a rare dominantly female, but seldom masculine name, Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name, and China, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name. Also, Окума is the last name as well as the forename.