Okaiye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Okaiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Okaiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okaiye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaiye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Okaiye are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Okaiye is primarily found in: Kogi, where 67 percent live, Cross River, where 17 percent live and Edo, where 17 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live.
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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 Okaiye
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