Okaje Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Okaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 264 | 1:147,876 | 13,161 |
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
Okaje (18) may also be a first name.
Okaje Demographics
Okaje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okaje is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okaje is the 642,991st most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okaje are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Okaje is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 147,876. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kumi District, where 50 percent reside, Serere District, where 15 percent reside and Bukedea District, where 9 percent reside. Not including Uganda Okaje exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 percent reside.
Okaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okaje surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okaje
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