Okala Surname
Approximately 9,578 people bear this surname
Okala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,880 | 1:3,532 | 425 |
| Nigeria | 2,673 | 1:66,271 | 4,847 |
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| Congo | 302 | 1:16,520 | 2,012 |
| Uganda | 76 | 1:513,675 | 29,105 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Okala (1,060) may also be a first name.
Okala Demographics
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Okala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okala (Hindi: ओकला, Marathi: ओकला, Russian: Окала) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okala? popularity and diffusion
Okala is the 53,328th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 760,863 people. The surname Okala is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okala reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,806th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 1,060 people.
The last name Okala is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5,880 people, or 1 in 3,532. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 80 percent are found, East Region, where 6 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Okala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okala last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.
Okala earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning $46,903 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okala in the Hindi language | ||
| ओकला | okala | - |
| Okala in the Marathi language | ||
| ओकला | okala | - |
| Okala in the Russian language | ||
| Окала | okala | - |
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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 Okala
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