Okakah Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Okakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okakah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okakah.
How Common Is The Last Name Okakah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,214,709th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Okakah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okakah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okakah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 62 percent are found, Delta, where 11 percent are found and Ondo, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okaka | 91 | 5,915 | / |
| Oskakach | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okeaka | 83 | 71 | / |
| Akakah | 83 | 24 | / |
| Oukaka | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okakai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okaaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okakea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okaeka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okaska | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okauka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okaika | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hokaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okakad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gokaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okakho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okakoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oskakač | 77 | 20 | / |
| Okaikai | 77 | 9 | / |
| Oskakaç | 77 | 7 | / |
| Oskakać | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ockakas | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okeakas | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okhakas | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okhakha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okoekah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akakach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okaykay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akaakah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okackas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okako | 73 | 7,203 | / |
| Akaka | 73 | 2,857 | / |
| Ocaka | 73 | 2,410 | / |
| Ekaka | 73 | 1,431 | / |
| Okeka | 73 | 315 | / |
| Okaca | 73 | 90 | / |
| Hokhadka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akaakahe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gakaka | 67 | 221 | / |
| Okhako | 67 | 201 | / |
| Okoeka | 67 | 193 | / |
| Okakoi | 67 | 191 | / |
| Okokoh | 67 | 140 | / |
| Hakaka | 67 | 61 | / |
| Okuika | 67 | 33 | / |
| Okouka | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ekakai | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ekaeka | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ekakay | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ekakea | 67 | 27 | / |
| Akakoh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Okakuo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ekaaka | 67 | 17 | / |
| Akakay | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okoika | 67 | 12 | / |
| Akakca | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekaika | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akkaka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eekaka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okaiko | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okeuka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hekaka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekeaka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akakai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekakoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akakau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekakaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okokah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akacah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okakou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okokho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeako | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekokka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akakha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okekka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akokah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akakaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahkaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akakka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekkaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azkaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adkaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukauskas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okekho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okaica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekakau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Okakah
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