Okani Surname
Approximately 2,589 people bear this surname
Okani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,487 | 1:119,128 | 7,868 |
| Ivory Coast | 331 | 1:69,702 | 3,927 |
| Cameroon | 182 | 1:114,116 | 13,201 |
| Kenya | 146 | 1:316,301 | 19,644 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Congo | 87 | 1:57,346 | 5,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Okani (814) may also be a first name.
Okani Demographics
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Okani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okani (Arabic: لوكاني, Georgian: ოკანი) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 167,097th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,814,811 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Okani live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okani is also the 286,493rd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 814 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,487 people, or 1 in 119,128. In Nigeria Okani is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Enugu, where 11 percent live and Abia, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Okani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Okani surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.33% registered with the party.
The amount Okani earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.76% less than the national average, earning R 155,040 per year and in United States they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $44,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okani in the Georgian language | ||
| ოკანი | okani | - |
| Okani in the Arabic language | ||
| لوكاني | lwkany | - |
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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 Okani
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