Ohikere Surname

658,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohikere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohikere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4451:398,07420,926
England101:5,571,806158,774
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ohikere (70) may also be a first name.

Ohikere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ohikere Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ohikere is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ohikere click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohikere? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 658,434th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ohikere are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ohikere is also the 1,162,016th most common forename throughout the world, held by 70 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 398,074. In Nigeria Ohikere is most common in: Kogi, where 59 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ohikere exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohiekere931/
Ohikera864/
Ohikire861/
Ohekere861/
Ojiekere8027/
Eheikere802/
Ohikhare801/
Gohikire801/
O'Hickery750/
Ahikire7182/
Ahikore711/
Ahikera711/
Ohekaire674/
Ahuikera671/
Ohaykhire632/
Ahikari57135/
Ahikary5734/
Aoikari572/
Aekeere571/
Ouikari571/
Ahikiri571/
Ehekare571/
Ahhikari531/
Aahikary531/
Ahhikary531/

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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
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  • 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 Ohikere
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