Ochene Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Ochene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ochene (219) may also be a first name.
Ochene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochene occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochene reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochene is also the 609,814th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 219 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria Ochene is most common in: Benue, where 51 percent are found, Plateau, where 13 percent are found and Kogi, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Ochene occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ochene
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