Ochaka Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Ochaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 373 | 1:104,663 | 10,371 |
| Tanzania | 59 | 1:897,315 | 44,154 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Kenya | 31 | 1:1,489,674 | 35,719 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ochaka (232) may also be a first name.
Ochaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochaka is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 576,965th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ochaka live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ochaka is also the 588,797th most widely held forename globally, borne by 232 people.
The surname Ochaka is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 373 people, or 1 in 104,663. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Gulu District, where 36 percent are found, Kampala District, where 16 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 12 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 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 Ochaka
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