Okah Surname
Approximately 11,912 people bear this surname
Okah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,804 | 1:16,396 | 1,588 |
| Cameroon | 682 | 1:30,453 | 4,115 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Okah (2,208) may also be a first name.
Okah Demographics
Average Okah Salary in
United States
$43,570 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okah is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,636th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 611,782 people. Okah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okah live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 159,191st most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,208 people.
The surname Okah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 10,804 people, or 1 in 16,396. In Nigeria Okah is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 35 percent are found, Delta, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Okah is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Okah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okah surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Okah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.85% less than the national average, earning R 9,864 per year and in United States they earn 0.98% more than the national average, earning $43,570 USD per year.
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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 Okah
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