Ocara Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Ocara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 202 | 1:193,264 | 15,695 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ocara (12) may also be a first name.
Ocara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ocara is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocara? popularity and diffusion
Ocara is the 968,490th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Ocara are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ocara is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 193,264. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Oyam District, where 47 percent are found, Lira District, where 34 percent are found and Alebtong District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Ocara occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 23 percent are found and Taiwan, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ocara
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