Ocheke Surname
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Ocheke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 662 | 1:267,587 | 15,282 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ocheke (99) may also be a first name.
Ocheke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocheke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ocheke is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocheke? popularity and diffusion
Ocheke is the 495,028th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. The last name Ocheke is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ocheke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 99 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 662 people, or 1 in 267,587. In Nigeria Ocheke is mostly found in: Benue, where 74 percent reside, Lagos, where 7 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, 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 Ocheke
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