Ochele Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Ochele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 156 | 1:1,135,530 | 46,612 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ochele (132) may also be a first name.
Ochele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ochele is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ochele are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochele is also the 807,735th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 132 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria Ochele is most common in: Benue, where 38 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Nasarawa, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ochele
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