Ochaye Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ochaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ochaye (13) may also be a first name.
Ochaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochaye is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Ochaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochaye are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochaye is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 93 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 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 Ochaye
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