Obi-Okeke Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Obi-Okeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obi-Okeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obi-Okeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obi-Okeke is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obi-Okeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obi-Okeke is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Obi-Okeke reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 57 percent are found, Delta, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Obi-Okeke
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