Ocheche Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Ocheche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 827 | 1:214,199 | 12,727 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ocheche (326) may also be a first name.
Ocheche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocheche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ocheche is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocheche? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ocheche is the 411,077th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,583,682 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ocheche are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ocheche is also the 485,722nd most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 326 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 827 people, or 1 in 214,199. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 44 percent reside, Kogi, where 9 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ocheche
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