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
Average Okala Salary in
United States
$46,903 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okala (Hindi: ओकला, Marathi: ओकला, Russian: Окала) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 53,328th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 760,863 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okala live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,806th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 1,060 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,880 people, or 1 in 3,532. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 80 percent live, East Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
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% being registered to vote for the 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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