Okache Surname
Approximately 1,694 people bear this surname
Okache Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,683 | 1:105,254 | 7,074 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Okache (266) may also be a first name.
Okache Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okache Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okache (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻜﺎﺵ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okache.
How Common Is The Last Name Okache? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 237,065th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,301,975 people. Okache occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okache live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okache is also the 545,281st most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 266 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,683 people, or 1 in 105,254. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 64 percent are found, Benue, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okache Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okache in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻜﺎﺵ | kash | - |
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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 Okache
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