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 surname Ochele occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ochele is the 1,218,745th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ochele reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochele is also the 807,735th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 132 people.
The surname Ochele is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria Ochele is most frequent in: Benue, where 38 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ochele occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 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 Ochele
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