Okaba Surname
Approximately 2,249 people bear this surname
Okaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,116 | 1:158,730 | 9,975 |
| Uganda | 658 | 1:59,330 | 6,913 |
| Congo | 233 | 1:21,412 | 2,431 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okaba (114) may also be a first name.
Okaba Demographics
Okaba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okaba (Arabic: أكابي) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okaba is the 188,085th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,240,349 people. The surname Okaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okaba reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 114 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,116 people, or 1 in 158,730. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 63 percent live, Delta, where 12 percent live and Bayelsa, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent live and The Congo, where 10 percent live.
Okaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Okaba last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okaba in the Arabic language | ||
| أكابي | akaby | - |
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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 Okaba
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