Okabe Surname
Approximately 91,425 people bear this surname
Okabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 89,356 | 1:1,431 | 268 |
| Brazil | 551 | 1:388,520 | 14,841 |
| United States | 414 | 1:875,505 | 66,354 |
| Nigeria | 313 | 1:565,951 | 27,462 |
| Congo | 188 | 1:26,538 | 2,861 |
| Uganda | 136 | 1:287,054 | 20,278 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Okabé (1) are calculated separately.
Okabe (27) may also be a first name.
Okabe Demographics
Average Okabe Salary in
United States
$48,357 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okabe (Russian: Окабэ) is found most frequently in Japan. It can be found as a variant: Okabé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okabe? popularity and diffusion
Okabe is the 6,194th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 79,711 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Okabe live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Okabe is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name globally It is held by 27 people.
The last name Okabe is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 89,356 people, or 1 in 1,431. In Japan it is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 17 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Saitama Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Not including Japan this last name is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Okabe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Okabe are 17.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.11% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Okabe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.07% more than the national average, earning $48,357 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.55% more than the national average, earning $59,396 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okabe in the Russian language | ||
| Окабэ | okabe | - |
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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 Okabe
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