Ochande Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Ochande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 318 | 1:32,502 | 4,260 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Ochande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochande occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochande? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 820,032nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochande live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 32,502. In Benin it is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 94 percent are found, Zou Department, where 4 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 2 percent are found. Besides Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, 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 Ochande
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