Ochela Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Ochela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ochela (55) may also be a first name.
Ochela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochela is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 667,223rd most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochela reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochela is also the 1,336,256th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 55 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Ochela is primarily found in: Benue, where 54 percent reside, Kogi, where 25 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 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 Ochela
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