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 last name Okaje occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 642,991st most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okaje reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Okaje is also the 2,608,198th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 18 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 147,876. In Uganda Okaje is mostly concentrated in: Kumi District, where 50 percent are found, Serere District, where 15 percent are found and Bukedea District, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 21 percent are found.
Okaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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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